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The heavy rains in Gaborone and surrounding areas on Sunday thwarted Air Botswana evening flights to and from Johannesburg, Maun and Francistown.
An Air Botswana plane from Francistown to Gaborone had to be turned back after it failed to land at the Sir Seretse Khama Airport (SSKA) because of bad weather. A spokesman for Air Botswana, Kago Mmopi said the flight had left Francistown at 5pm and was expected to land at the SSKA at 6pm. After attempting to land several times, the pilot headed back to Francistown.
Mmopi said the plane landed in Gaborone yesterday morning. He revealed that a 5pm flight to Johannesburg on Sunday failed to take off due to bad weather. Eight of the passengers had to be put on a South African airliner that did not have trouble sailing through the Gaborone storm. Eleven passengers had to be accommodated in a Gaborone hotel before they left yesterday morning. Mmopi said that a Maun bound Air Botswana aircraft had to return to the SSKA minutes after it had taken off because of mechanical problems. Thirty-three passengers that were on board had to be offloaded into another aircraft. Mmopi said they have lost a lot of money because of the weather problems. He denied that the problem had to do with the small Air Botswana planes.
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