An Air Zimbabwe passenger plane flying from Harare to Bulawayo failed to land at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport this morning sparking a scare.
Passengers were left frightened when announced to that the plane had developed an engineering fault with its navigation system which went bust.
“ Five (5) minutes before landing we were told the navigation system ain’t working and we are flying back to Harare,” a passenger said.
An Air Zimbabwe official confirmed the development. The staffer declining to give further details told ZimEye.com, “it has safely returned to Harare.”
“It landed well with no problems,” he said while indicating they wish not to be named.
This is not the first time the plane has u-turned to Harare. Last year February, the company claimed the problem was “due to the runway edge lights that failed to function”.
 
At another time the plane was forced to fly back to Harare because of a technical fault. In September 2014, the Boeing 737 developed a mechanical fault just after takeoff from Harare.
 
The company is facing a bag of problems, some resulting from mismanagement and corruption which saw it losing more than $11 million in an insurance scam.