{"id":34706,"date":"2022-07-27T18:15:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T18:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/updf-chopper-makes-emergency-landing-in-mityana"},"modified":"2022-07-27T18:59:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T18:59:29","slug":"updf-chopper-makes-emergency-landing-in-mityana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/updf-chopper-makes-emergency-landing-in-mityana","title":{"rendered":"UPDF chopper makes emergency landing in Mityana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>A UPDF helicopter AF- 639 on Tuesday made an emergency landing at Nabukondo Village playground in Mityana District after developing a mechanical fault.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at 9:30am with four people on board. They fortunately disembarked safely.<\/p>\n<p>According to eyewitnesses, the chopper made a deafening sound before landing at the playground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHelicopters generate external noise, but this was not the usual one. A few minutes later, it started staggering and emitting dark smoke when the pilot decided to land at the playground. We rushed there but the soldiers on board who had already moved out chased us away,\u201d Mr Sam Ssekitto, a resident said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Daniel Kasibante, another resident said the chopper nearly fell on the building of Gomba Children\u2019s Centre, but fortunately managed to land at the nearby playground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome residents had never seen an aircraft landing in the area and that is why many abandoned whatever they were doing to catch a glimpse of the chopper,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>At around 11:30am another UPDF helicopter, bigger than the ill-fated one, came with seven crewmembers on board to rescue their colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team came with some tools and started repairing it, but the work appeared to be too much and some remained behind as others boarded the other chopper and left,\u201d Mr Hannington Ahabwe, one of the residents in the area said.<\/p>\n<p>When contacted, UPDF spokesperson, Brig Gen Felix Kulaigye, confirmed the incident saying the helicopter had engine trouble and the pilot had no choice, but to land.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI confirm that our chopper got a mechanical problem in its engine and the pilot decided to land at a playground. Good enough, all the occupants are safe. We are working with Civil Aviation Authority to establish what exactly caused this problem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. A UPDF helicopter AF- 639 on Tuesday made an emergency landing at Nabukondo Village playground in Mityana District after developing a mechanical fault. The incident happened at 9:30am with four people on board. They fortunately disembarked safely. According to eyewitnesses, the chopper made a deafening sound before landing at the playground. \u201cHelicopters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":34705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-34706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UPDF chopper makes emergency landing in Mityana - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A UPDF helicopter AF- 639 on Tuesday made an emergency landing at Nabukondo Village playground in Mityana District after ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/updf-chopper-makes-emergency-landing-in-mityana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UPDF chopper makes emergency landing in Mityana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A UPDF helicopter AF- 639 on Tuesday made an emergency landing at Nabukondo Village playground in Mityana District after ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/updf-chopper-makes-emergency-landing-in-mityana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-27T18:15:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-27T18:59:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_31-62e18afc2429c.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/updf-chopper-makes-emergency-landing-in-mityana#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/updf-chopper-makes-emergency-landing-in-mityana\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"UPDF chopper makes emergency landing in Mityana\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-27T18:15:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-27T18:59:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/updf-chopper-makes-emergency-landing-in-mityana\"},\"wordCount\":311,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/updf-chopper-makes-emergency-landing-in-mityana#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_31-62e18afc2429c.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/updf-chopper-makes-emergency-landing-in-mityana#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/updf-chopper-makes-emergency-landing-in-mityana\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/updf-chopper-makes-emergency-landing-in-mityana\",\"name\":\"UPDF chopper makes emergency landing in Mityana - 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