“We landed and everyone is fine,” Brazilian government press secretary Jose Chrispiniano told the AP.
On the plane that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had back to Brazila fault was detected after take-off from the capital's airport Mexico. According to the Brazilian Air Force, it was necessary to land safely first burn the appropriate amount of fuel.
Brazil. The presidential plane had a malfunction and had to hover in the air
The plane almost landed five hours after takeoff at the same airport, AP reported. Earlier, the Brazilian president participated in the swearing-in ceremony in Mexico Claudii Sheinbaum for the first female president this country in history.
He also met with the outgoing president Andresem Manuelem Lopezem Obradorem.
Counting 20 years of the presidential plane The Airbus A319 type, purchased by Lula during his first term in office in 2004, is commonly called “Aerolula”but in the meantime he also served other Brazilian presidents: Dilma Roussef, Michel Temer and Jair Bolsonaro – Reuters reported.