Private foreign plane lands at Kuwait Airport due to technical malfunction

KUWAIT, June 11: The General Administration of Civil Aviation of Kuwait announced on Thursday an emergency landing of a private plane belonging to a foreign airline company at Kuwait International Airport as a result of a technical malfunction.

The DGCA said in a press statement that the control tower at Kuwait International Airport received a notification from the pilot of the private plane at 3.25 pm stating that he needed to return to the airport again due to a technical defect in the plane.

The plane was carrying seven passengers and it deviated slightly from the runway moments before it stopped confirming the safety of all passengers (KUNA)