Vedio: Major accident averted in Senegal, Boeing 737 plane skids off runway, catches fire, 10 passengers injured

Air Senegal's Boeing 737 aircraft operated by Transair was heading to Bamako late on Wednesday night. There were 79 passengers, two pilots, and four crew members on board. At that very moment, the accident happened. The plane skidded off the runway and caught fire. 10 passengers have been injured in this.

Plane accident.

A major accident was averted at the airport of Senegal's capital Dakar. Panic spread among passengers after a Boeing 737 plane skidded off the runway and caught fire. 10 passengers on board the plane have been injured. The country's Transport Minister L. Malik Ndiaye said on Thursday that a total of 85 people were on board the plane. He said the Boeing 737 aircraft of Air Senegal, operated by Transair, was heading to Bamako late on Wednesday night. There were 79 passengers, two pilots, and four crew members on board. The plane had an accident at that very moment.

The passengers injured in the plane crash have been admitted to a hospital, while arrangements have been made for others to stay in a hotel. However, the airport has been reopened after the Boeing plane left the runway in Senegal on Thursday. According to the Transport Minister and footage from a passenger, the plane was seen on fire.

Fire breaks out in plane, panic among passengers

Malian musician Czech Sirimanne Sissoko wrote in a post on Facebook that our plane just caught fire. It showed passengers jumping down the emergency slide at night as flames engulfed one side of the plane. People can be heard screaming in the background of the video.

The Air Senegal flight, operated by Transair, was headed to Bamako in neighboring Mali with 79 passengers, two pilots, and four cabin crew on board late Wednesday, Transport Minister El Malik Ndiaye said.

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The airport opened after the accident

The injured were treated at a hospital, while others were taken to a hotel for rest. However, the airport has been reopened after the Boeing plane left the runway in Senegal on Thursday.

The Aviation Safety Network (ASN), which monitors airline accidents, published photos of the damaged plane in a grassy field surrounded by fire-fighting foam. Looking at the pictures of the plane, it appears that one engine and one wing of the plane have also been damaged.