"In Airplane, Running Out Of Oxygen": How Gambia's AFCON Flight Almost Turned Into A Disaster
The Gambian national team's players and staff were "afraid of dying" during an incident on board a scheduled flight to the Ivory Coast for the Africa Cup of Nations which was forced to turn around, coach Tom Saintfiet told AFP on Thursday. Gambia's plane, headed for Abidjan, had to change course and return to Gambian capital Banjul on Wednesday just nine minutes into its journey. The Gambian football federation said it was due to a "loss of cabin pressure and oxygen" but that everyone on board was "in sound health". The squad will instead fly to Ivorian capital Yamoussoukro on Thursday.


