A Plane With 8 U.S. Army Personnel Crash Landed in Uganda
A plane carrying eight U.S. military personnel has crash landed today morning in central Uganda.
According to Uganda police spokesperson, Fred Enanga, the plane left Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport for South Sudan but on the way it was discovered that the weather was bad and so it turned back.
However, before it reached Entebbe airport, it ran short of fuel and the experienced pilot crash made an emergency landing on one of the highways in central Uganda, about 70 kms from Entebbe airport.
“Due to bad weather, the pilot decided to return to Entebbe airport but ran out of fuel, hence the emergence landing,” said Enanga.
He however said that the occupants were not hurt and the plane was not damaged.
Thousands of local people ran to the scene to have a close look at an airplane, most of them confessing that was the first time in their lives to see a plane on the ground.
The emergency landing also caused traffic jam as vehicles on both sides of the road could not pass where the plane was parking. After several hours, the plane was refueled and it continued with its journey.
Uganda army spokesman, Paddy Ankunda, confirmed that it was an emergency landing and their was no cause of alarm because no one was injured.