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Fly540 airplane stuck in a pothole at Manda Airport in Lamu. [Photo, courtesy]
There was anxiety at the Manda Airport in Lamu as a Fly540 airplane was forced to abort take-off when one of its tyres got stuck in a pothole on the runway.
The plane which was to take-off at 12:30pm was delayed for about 30 minutes during the Sunday incident. It had 36 passengers on board.
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