The plane bringing the German football team from Iceland had to land in Scotland, in Edinburgh, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday due to an "electric generator" problem, the airline said on Thursday. .
The Lithuanian charter company KlasJet, which was to ensure the Reykjavik-Frankfurt return flight of the Mannschaft, explained to the German sports agency SID (subsidiary of AFP), that the crew had had doubts about the reliability of the generator. relief.
"There was nothing spectacular"
"In accordance with the safety protocol of both Boeing and the company, the team then decided to reach the nearest airport", detailed a spokesperson for KlasJet, assuring that "at no time the passengers were exposed to a higher risk ”. According to a first internal preliminary investigation, the crew's reaction was considered "justified and in accordance with the regulations". The landing proceeded normally.
The aircraft did not leave and another plane was to repatriate the delegation Thursday morning from Edinburgh, the day after the Germans' 4-0 victory against Iceland, in a qualifying match for the 2022 World Cup. "There was nothing spectacular and it was not an emergency landing", testified the interim co-president of the German Football Association (DFB) Rainer Koch, "we have not heard of no technical problem ”.
Everyone remained perfectly calm, he added: “There was no risk of being afraid, because we were only warned just before landing that we were going to make a stopover for a maintenance operation.
I was just surprised to suddenly see the houses so close ”.
Captain Manuel Neuer, Serge Gnabry and Joshua Kimmich were not on board as they had planned to take a direct flight to Munich on Thursday morning.
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