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Jan
A Turkish Airlines flight, TK 630, operated by a Boeing 737 MAX 8, scheduled for Istanbul from Accra on Saturday, January 11, was forced to return to Kotoka International Airport approximately two and a half hours after takeoff. Scheduled for a six-hour flight, the aircraft was forced to turn back due to an emergency, although the exact cause remains unknown. The aircraft was observed circling Ghanaian airspace to perform a fuel jettison, a procedure used in aviation to dump fuel and reduce the aircraft’s weight to a safe landing limit. This maneuver ensures the aircraft can land without risking structural…