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Associated Press

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.
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.
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.
Lula planned to board another plane to return to Brasilia later on Tuesday.
The Brazilian air force said in its statement that “security procedures for the problem” were performed successfully, but pilots must “wait for the necessary fuel consumption so the airplane returns to the same airport it took off from”.
A source who was traveling in the plane said Lula was calm but worried throughout the flight, which was carrying 16 people, including first lady Rosangela Lula da Silva, members of the Cabinet, lawmakers and crew.
Brazil’s presidential plane is a 20-year-old Airbus A319 purchased by Lula in 2004 during his first term, which was nicknamed “Aerolula” and has since also transported former presidents Dilma Rousseff, Michel Temer and Jair Bolsonaro.
Brazilian media reported that members of Lula’s staff in the plane believe a bird strike may be behind the technical problem.
Aviation experts have said about similar incidents that the protocol for landing after a bird strike requires pilots to fly close to an airport as they get rid of fuel.
In January, a plane carrying Lula’s security team was not able to take off as it encountered a technical problem during a trip to the northeastern Brazilian state of Paraiba. Brazil’s presidency said after the incident that the staffers were never at risk.
Additional reporting by Reuters


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Airbus A319 had to circle to consume enough fuel to land again safely following a technical problem with the aircraft


Airbus A319 had to circle to consume enough fuel to land again safely following a technical problem with the aircraft.


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