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Bad weather at Jomo Kenyatta forces KQ plane to land in Kilimanjaro International Airport

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KQ said the plane could not land at the airport due to heavy fog cover.

Nairobi. A Kenya Airways (KQ) plane from Lusaka to Nairobi has been diverted to Kilimanjaro International Airport following two unsuccessful landing attempts at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

Flight KQ708, which departed Lusaka at 03:45am, was expected to land at JKIA at 7:35am but could not do so because of heavy fog which was covering the airport.

Data from flight tracking site Flight Radar shows the plane unsuccessfully attempting to land twice at JKIA before it opted to divert to the Kilimanjaro International Airport where it landed safely at 8.25am

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“It is true that the aircraft had to divert to Kilimanjaro International Airport as per our safety protocols. It couldn’t land at the airport (JKIA) due to a heavy fog cover in the morning,” a Kenya Airways corporate affairs official said in a short response to Daily Nation.

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