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On June 17, Saturday, the England football team was stuck on arrival at an airport in Malta, after their Air Horizont Boeing 737-400 plane took a wrong turn and went off runway 31 upon landing. With that, the flight #HAT1460 from Birmingham, England to Malta ended up on taxiway “G,” blocking the main runway of the airport for about 30 minutes.
This incident gave the English representatives no choice but to delay a planned press conference of players and coaching staff with the Maltese media.
Notably, the concerned authorities at the airport took stock of the situation first and foremost, before using technical assistance to tow the plane away from the main runway. It was helpful to ensure that the England players don’t lose more time before reaching Ta' Qali National Stadium to play their UEFA Euro Qualifiers match against the host nation Malta.
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For the unversed, in a one-sided game on Saturday night, England were able to defeat Malta by 4-0, with different goalscorers making a mark. They opened the scoring with an own goal from Ferdinando Apap in the 8th minute, after Trent Alexander-Arnold played a delicious through ball to Bukayo Saka, who shoved it across the defender.
Trent Alexander-Arnold got his name on the score sheet with the second goal in the 28th minute, who smashed the ball past the goalkeeper from 23 yards out. After three short minutes, Harry Kane put a penalty away for England to triple their lead after being brought down by a Malta player inside the 18-yard box.
In the second half of the match, Callum Wilson converted another penalty for his side in the 83rd minute after a Malta defender had his arm out as the ball struck it.
