Layun's Villarreal presentation delayed by airplane incident

Miguel Layun was set to be presented to the Villarreal faithful on Friday, but he'll have to hope the faithful will still be there for him five days later.

The Mexico national team member was set to arrive in Spain on Thursday and take part in the team's training session Friday morning before speaking at a news conference at 1 p.m. That won't be possible after his flight, Iberlia 6402, had to return to the airport in Mexico City because of a technical issue.

The flight took off at 8:39 p.m. local time, spending an hour and 26 minutes in the air to burn off fuel and land back at Benito Juarez Airport at 10:05. All 306 passengers and 13 crew members were fine, but Layun and others were left…