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Ethiopian Airlines jet makes emergency landing in Dakar

An Ethiopian Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Dakar, Senegal, after one of its engines caught fire.

This was according to Blaise Diagne International Airport spokesman Tidiane Tamba who said that the pilots of the flight, which was headed to Addis Ababa via Bamako, Mali, called the control tower quickly after takeoff Tuesday morning requesting an emergency landing.

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