Gambia’s Soccer Team Makes Emergency Landing After Plane Loses Oxygen Flying to Tournament

Gambia’s Soccer Team Makes Emergency Landing After Plane Loses Oxygen Flying to Tournament
The Gambia national soccer team aboard a plane in Banjul, Gambia, on Jan. 10, 2024. Gambia Football Federation via AP
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SERREKUNDA, Gambia—A plane carrying Gambia’s national soccer team made an emergency landing after a sudden loss of oxygen during their flight to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations tournament.

A chartered flight Wednesday carrying the “Scorpions” returned to Gambia’s capital Banjul after being airborne for nine minutes when the crew realized there were technical problems, Gambia’s Football Federation said in a statement on Facebook.