Eleven people have been injured in an incident involving a Boeing 737 aircraft at the airport of the Senegalese capital Dakar. That’s what the airport operator says. The airport is temporarily closed.
The Transair airline’s Boeing 737 ended up next to the runway during take-off. There were six crew members and 79 passengers on board, eleven of whom were injured. Four of them are said to be in serious condition.
The injured were taken to hospital, the other occupants were taken to a hotel to rest. Video footage circulating online shows terrified passengers fleeing from the burning plane.
The aircraft took off for a flight on behalf of the Senegalese company Air Senegal to Bamako in Mali.
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