Article by Maria Olteanu – published on Thursday, October 9, 2025, 10:48 / Updated Thursday, October 2025 10:48
Newcastle footballers, Bruno Guimaraes (27 years old) and Joelinton (29), lived a real drama on their way to the national team of Brazil, where they were convened. Their flight, which should have taken them from Europe to South Korea, ended with an unplanned return, and this is due to a serious plane failure.
Two Brazilians left together from Newcastle to Seoul, where their national team will play a friendly match against the host. The road up there turned into a real nightmare, after one of the windows of the plane in which they were breaking during the flight.
Moments of panic, after the plane window broke
Their journey to Seoul started without problems, but it turned into a real nightmare when, during the flight, the window of the plane in which they were broken, according to Sportal.Blic.rs.
For safety reasons, the crew immediately decided to deviate the plane back to Amsterdam, where they were forced to land. Thus, the entire journey, which should have last for a little over ten hours, turned into a twelve-hour chaos.
Guimaraes and Joelinton, after an exhausting expectation, were forced to board again, but this time on separate flights to Seoul. Given that they have arrived in South Korea exhausted and with little time for recovery, it remains to be seen if the Brazilian coach will be able to count on them in the friendly match scheduled on Friday.
After the match on Friday, they will take another plane to Tokyo, for a match against Japan next Tuesday.
After completing their activity at the national team, the two will have to travel a road of 9,280 kilometers back to Newcastle.
The Brazil's qualification campaign at the World Cup ended in the last international break with an unexpected defeat, score 0-1, against Bolivia.
Brazil was not without emotions in this qualification campaign, being close to miss the final tournament. The team finished in 5th place, 10 points behind the leader Argentina.
The 19 teams that have so far assured the qualification at the 2026 World Championship
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United States of America
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Canada
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Mexico
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Argentine
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Brazil
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Ecuador
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Uruguay
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Paraguay
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Colombia
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Japan
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Iran
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South Korea
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Uzbekistan
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Jordan
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Australia
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new zealand
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Morocco
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Tunisia
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Egypt
