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Embarrassing: England team’s plane arrival in Malta takes wrong turn and blocks the main runway

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Last updated: June 18, 2023, 01:43 UTC
Published: Sunday, June 18, 2023, at 00:51 UTC
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England team’s plane takes wrong turn & gets towed upon arrival in Malta.

In what has been a rocky start to the England’s arrival in Malta, new footage shows the national team’s plane take a wrong turn upon its arrival on the island.

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The Air Horizont Boeing 737-400 (reg. 9H-ZAZ) erroneously turned left after landing runway 31 ending up on taxiway “G” where it blocked the main runway for about 30min.

On board flight #HAT1460 from Birmingham was the English National Football team.

Air Horizont 737 carrying the England football team got stuck on the taxiway after making a wrong turn after landing in Malta. The aircraft was eventually towed to the terminal following the incident. pic.twitter.com/t7ukO7bb91

— Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) June 17, 2023

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Upon landing, technical assistance was required for the plane to get towed after it took a wrong turn on the airport’s runway, causing quite a stir on social media.

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