Chile President's plane engine fails
Friday, April 11, 2008
CHILEAN President Michelle Bachelet and her entourage were forced to turn back over the Atlantic early yesterday due to engine failure aboard her 40-year-old presidential plane, the government and pilot said.
Bachelet left the Chilean capital Santiago late last Wednesday and made a stop off in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo. Half an hour after taking off again en route to South Africa, the crew announced a problem with one of the engines of the 1968 Boeing 707 and decided to return to Chile. "A vibration started on the plane and they checked the parameters and confirmed there was a problem in an engine," the captain of the plane, Rafael Carreri, told Radio Cooperativa.
"We applied the emergency procedure in place for the plane and had to switch off engine number two," he said.
After returning to Chile, Bachelet boarded a smaller jet and resumed her official trip to China, taking her closest aides with her. The rest of her delegation is expected to resume its journey once the plane gets repaired.Reuters
Bachelet left the Chilean capital Santiago late last Wednesday and made a stop off in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo. Half an hour after taking off again en route to South Africa, the crew announced a problem with one of the engines of the 1968 Boeing 707 and decided to return to Chile. "A vibration started on the plane and they checked the parameters and confirmed there was a problem in an engine," the captain of the plane, Rafael Carreri, told Radio Cooperativa.
"We applied the emergency procedure in place for the plane and had to switch off engine number two," he said.
After returning to Chile, Bachelet boarded a smaller jet and resumed her official trip to China, taking her closest aides with her. The rest of her delegation is expected to resume its journey once the plane gets repaired.Reuters
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