Gambia head coach Tom Saintfiet has said his team avoided tragedy on Wednesday when the plane transporting them to the Ivory Coast for the Africa Cup of Nations was forced to turn back due to a lack of oxygen.
The team were travelling in a small 50-seater propeller plane, registered to Air Cote d'Ivoire, which had been arranged for them by the Gambian football association.
Saintfiet has said the oxygen supply on the flight failed, causing some members of the team to lose consciousness before the pilot opted to return to the Gambia's capital, Banjul.