A Boeing 737-300 Air Sénégal flight carrying 85 people caught fire and skidded off a runway at the African nation's main airport just outside Dakar.
A Boeing 737-300 plane carrying 85 people caught fire and skidded off a runway at Senegal's main airport, near the capital of Dakar. Ten people were injured in the crash, including the pilot, the country's transport minister said Thursday. Passengers were evacuated from the burning aircraft at Blaise Diagne International airport and some described 'complete panic' as they scrambled for their lives.
It wasn't immediately clear what caused the plane to catch fire and skid off the runway. The injured were being treated at a hospital, while the others were taken to a hotel to rest, the minister added. Passengers jumped down the emergency slides at night while flames engulfed one side of the aircraft and screams were heard all around, recounted Malian musician Cheick Siriman Sissoko, who filmed the passengers' ordeal on his phone camera.
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