Ethiopian Airlines jet makes emergency landing in Dakar: official

An Ethiopian Airlines plane at the Entebbe International Airport. A Boeing 767 belonging to Ethiopian Airlines on October 8, 2019 made an emergency landing in Dakar with one of its engines on fire. PHOTO | MORAN MBABAZI | NMG

An Ethiopian Airlines jet made an emergency landing in Dakar with one of its engines on fire, though all 90 passengers and crew were unharmed, airport and airline officials said.

The Boeing 767 aircraft had just taken off from Dakar airport en route to Addis Ababa when the pilot asked to return and make an emergency landing, Tidiane Tamba, a spokesperson for the Senegal airport told AFP.