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Fly540 plane forced to abort take-off in Lamu after tyre stuck in pothole

A Fly540 plane with its left tyre stuck in a pothole on the runaway at Manda Airport, Lamu on August 11, 2019. PHOTO | KALUME KAZUNGU | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  Kalume Kazungu

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

A Fly540 pilot was forced to abort take-off after realising one of the plane’s tyre was stuck in a pothole on the runway at the Manda Airport in Lamu.

The 36 scared passengers aboard the Nairobi-bound plane disembarked during the Sunday 12:30pm incident. No one was hurt.

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