The experience came to life this past Wednesday for the selection of Gambia on his flight to Ivory Coast to compete in the African Cup, which starts this Saturday. Some of the expedition members lost consciousness due to lack of oxygen in the cabin of the plane, which returned to Banjul airport for an emergency landing.
According to some media outlets, two of the players of the Gambian national team are still in a state of shock due to the difficult situation they experienced, which can be attributed to the dimensions of the plane. The incident occurred 9 minutes into the flight. Criticism of the Gambia Football Federation for travel conditions intensified.
Janko saidwho played for Real Valladolid for three seasons and has yet to play for his current club, Boys from Switzerland, made an Instagram post saying that some of the passengers began to feel “severe headaches and extreme dizziness.”
After traveling 32 hours in total from Saudi Arabia (where Gambia performed a stage) Gambia With long stops in Istanbul and Casablanca, the team flew to the Ivory Coast.
Adama BarrowPresident of Gambia, intervened to make a larger aircraft available to the team to fly directly to the Ivorian city of Yamoussoukro, instead of Abidjan, where they had to connect on another flight. The expedition leaves this afternoon.
The choice of The Gambia made their African Cup debut this Monday, January 15 against the champion, Senegal. On the 19th they will face Guinea and on the 23rd, Cameroon in group C of the first stage.
Source: La Verdad
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