Panic as Lionel Messi's £11m private plane forced to make emergency landing at Belgium airport

Panic as Lionel Messi's £11m private plane forced to make emergency landing at Belgium airport

Lionel Messi's private plane developed a problem in mid-air and had to make an emergency landing at the Zavantem airport in Brussels.

According to Belgian news media outlet HLN, the aircraft landed around 9.10am on Friday, April 3, from Tenerife in Spain.

An hour and half later, it is understood took off again before making its way back to Brussels.

Officials at the Brussels airport has refused to comment on the incident due to GDPR legislation.

Messi acquired his private plane Gulfstream V two years ago for £11.5million and the tail of the aircraft has his famous No.10 written on it.

The names of his wife and three children were also written on the entrance of stairs on the plane.

Messi has continued from where he stopped last season scoring 19 goals, providing 12 assists in 22 La Liga matches before fixtures were put to a stop due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

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