KLM extracts crew from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania after security threat

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KLM extracts crew from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania after security threat

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Aviation24.be is following reports that KLM has decided to extract its crew from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, after a security threat. Last night, KLM flight 515 departed back to Amsterdam with the crew supposed to stay overnight as deadheading crew.

Much to the dislike of some business class passengers, who were transferred into economy class.

A twitter user who was a passenger on the flight, reports: https://twitter.com/GdenAantrekker

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No social unrest or terror attack threats in Tanzania, says spokesperson

Though the spokesperson did not name the institutions, on Friday, January 27, the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines director of Eastern and Southern Africa Pier Luigi Vigada announced that the airline was cancelling flights to Tanzania due to social unrest.

The government of Tanzania has demystified terror attack threats and civil unrest reports that have spread in the last few days saying the country is safe.

In a statement released by the government spokesperson, Tanzania said it had noted with great concern the false claims spread by foreign institutions.

The government of Tanzania has noted with great concern the false claims spread by some foreign institution that there is civil unrest in the in Tanzania,” reads the government spokesperson’s statement.

https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/n ... on-4102360
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KLM adamant over Tanzania civil unrest claim, apologises to Kenya

The Tanzanian ministry said operations at the Dar-es-Salaam Julius Nyerere International Airport and Kilimanjaro International Airport continued without any interruptions, the entire weekend.

KLM has maintained its stand over the civil unrest in Tanzania but has apologised to Kenya regarding a statement they issued on Friday, January 27 that said that there was potential civil unrest in the two countries. (Note: Which two countries? Tanganyika and Zanzibar? They merged into one country decades ago!)

The position comes at a time when Tanzanian authorities have urged the public to ignore the statement calling it baseless.

https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/n ... a--4103004
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Re: KLM extracts crew from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania after security threat

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sn26567 wrote: 29 Jan 2023, 16:34
KLM has maintained its stand over the civil unrest in Tanzania but has apologised to Kenya regarding a statement they issued on Friday, January 27 that said that there was potential civil unrest in the two countries. (Note: Which two countries? Tanganyika and Zanzibar? They merged into one country decades ago!)
As they apologised to Kenya it’s quite clear the two countries are Kenya and Tanzania, isn’t it?

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fcw wrote: 29 Jan 2023, 19:53
sn26567 wrote: 29 Jan 2023, 16:34
KLM has maintained its stand over the civil unrest in Tanzania but has apologised to Kenya regarding a statement they issued on Friday, January 27 that said that there was potential civil unrest in the two countries. (Note: Which two countries? Tanganyika and Zanzibar? They merged into one country decades ago!)
As they apologised to Kenya it’s quite clear the two countries are Kenya and Tanzania, isn’t it?
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