Rudi Gobert and the Jazz frightened each other on the plane taking them to Memphis on March 30, 2021. -
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Big scare for the Utah NBA team on Tuesday.
Just after taking off for Memphis to face the Grizzlies there on Wednesday, the pilot of the plane carrying the Jazz was forced to turn around to make an emergency landing at the Salt Lake City airport, said the American ESPN site.
It had collided with a group of birds, which caused a fire to start and an engine failure.
The players were very scared.
They heard a loud noise and saw lightning coming from the engine located to the left of the aircraft.
But no one was hurt.
Some players reacted to this episode on Twitter, Rudy Gobert posting for example “It's a beautiful day!
".
The Jazz was to leave a little later, still by plane, towards Memphis.
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