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After oxygen on their flight to the African Cup of Nations died, Gambia's coach says 'another half hour of flying and we'd have been dead.'
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January 12, 2024
Gambia coach Tom Saintfiet has said that the national team came within half an hour of death after being forced to land due to a lack of oxygen on Wednesday. The team and coaching staff were on a flight from Banjul, which was scheduled to take two and a half hours. Several players were shot and killed shortly after boarded the plane, with the pilot being forced to return the plane to Banjul Airport just nine minutes after taking off.