Plane carrying Gambia football team makes emergency landing after loss of oxygen

The Gambia national football team aboard a plane in Banjul, Gambia (Gambia Football Federation via AP)

A plane carrying Gambia’s national football team made an emergency landing after a sudden loss of oxygen during their flight to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations tournament.

A chartered flight on Wednesday carrying the “Scorpions” returned to Gambia’s capital Banjul after being airborne for nine minutes when the crew realised there were technical problems, Gambia’s Football Federation said in a statement on Facebook.