A plane carrying Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva back to Brasilia landed safely on Tuesday at Mexico City’s Felipe Angeles airport after circling for hours due to a technical problem.
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Brazil’s air force confirmed the safe landing of the aircraft, an Airbus A319, at 7.16pm local time after four hours circling the airport.
“We landed and everyone is well,” Brazil’s press secretary José Chrispiniano said.
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The aircraft had departed earlier in the afternoon following the inauguration of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, but experienced a technical problem after leaving Mexico City. The Brazilian air force said in a statement that the aircraft had to consume enough fuel to allow it to land again safely.
It landed almost five hours after it took off.