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Jet fakes emergency landing so passengers can see soccer game
An Air Rum chartered jet carrying nearly 300 Gambian soccer fans faked a need for an emergency landing in Peru so its passengers could watch their team compete in a soccer tournament. Local officials say the plane should have gone on to Peru's capital of Lima, but instead flew to northern city of Piura — where the soccer game was being played. Once over the city, the plane radioed saying it was low on fuel and needed to make an emergency landing, The Associated Press reports. "It truly was a scam," said Betty Maldonado, a spokeswoman for Peru's aviation authority, CORPAC. "They tricked the control tower, saying they were low on fuel." The passengers were allowed to watch the game — Gambia's under-17 team beat Qatar 3-1 — but the plane remained grounded in Piura Wednesday while Peruvian authorities determined what penalties they might impose against Air Rum.
Jet fakes emergency landing so passengers can see soccer game
An Air Rum chartered jet carrying nearly 300 Gambian soccer fans faked a need for an emergency landing in Peru so its passengers could watch their team compete in a soccer tournament. Local officials say the plane should have gone on to Peru's capital of Lima, but instead flew to northern city of Piura — where the soccer game was being played. Once over the city, the plane radioed saying it was low on fuel and needed to make an emergency landing, The Associated Press reports. "It truly was a scam," said Betty Maldonado, a spokeswoman for Peru's aviation authority, CORPAC. "They tricked the control tower, saying they were low on fuel." The passengers were allowed to watch the game — Gambia's under-17 team beat Qatar 3-1 — but the plane remained grounded in Piura Wednesday while Peruvian authorities determined what penalties they might impose against Air Rum.
