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Plane mistakenly lands at airport under construction
An Ethiopian Airlines plane mistakenly landed at an unopened airport still under construction in Zambia, the carrier confirmed Monday.
The flight a cargo service traveling from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and destined for Ndola, Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe Airport instead landed Sunday at Zambia’s new Copperbelt International Airport, which has not yet been inaugurated, the airline said in a statement.
The flight ET 3891 made a safe landing in the new airport, Ethiopian Airlines added.
The Copperbelt International Airport is about 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe Airport by car.
The transport ministry’s permanent secretary Misheck Lungu told the AFP news agency that the pilot had landed at the unopened airport “by error.”
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2020-12-28 13:05:35 GMT2020-12-28 21:05:35(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CHONGWE, Zambia, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) The 56 years of friendship between Zambia and China continues to bear tangible fruits and has brought about social and economic benefits that are too visible to ignore, Zambian officials say.
Chongwe Member of Parliament, Japhen Mwakalombe in an interview in Chongwe, a town in Lusaka Province of Zambia on Monday described the Zambia-China friendship as reciprocal. To him, both countries have shown that they are committed to enhancing the ties.
He gave an example of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (TAZARA) Memorial Park being constructed in Chongwe as one visible example of the cooperation between the two countries. The construction of the memorial park, which started last year, intends to commemorate the Chinese who died during the construction of the TAZARA.