THIS is the terrifying moment a Boeing 737 plane with 78 onboard skidded off the runway as its wing burst into flames in Senegal.
Alarming footage shows the plane off a runway in the grass with a wing covered in fire-suppressing foam in Boeing‘s latest blunder.
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The plane’s left wing reportedly caught fire during landing
Footage shows the plane off the runway at the Dakar airport
The incident happened after the plane’s left wing and engine reportedly caught fire during landing at the Dakar airport.
The problem on the Transair flight happened after the plane took off from Bamako Airport.
All 73 passengers were evacuated with fifteen of them being left injured- four of them seriously.
Flights have been suspended at the airport.
It comes just a day after a Boeing cargo belonging to the US mail service FedEx plane crash-landed on its nose on Wednesday.
The 767 aircraft was travelling from Paris to Istanbul and sent sparks flying as it nosedived on the runway.
And earlier this month, a Boeing 747 was caught on camera bouncing along the runway.
Sky high chaos: a timeline of Boeing incidents
BOEING has found itself at the centre of increasingly concerning reports in recent months thanks to malfunctions on its planes.
April 2018- Woman dies after being partially sucked out of window on Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 flight
October 2018 – Boeing 737 MAX 8 Indonesia Lion Air fatal crash leaves 189 dead
March 2019 – Boeing 737 MAX 8 Ethiopia Airlines fatal crash leaves 157 dead
January 2024 – Boeing 747 Delta Airlines plane loses front tyre
January 2024 – Boeing Alaska Airlines ripped window leaving gaping hole in the plane
March 2024 – Wheel falls off Boeing 777 United Airlines plane smashing cars below
March 2024 – Boeing 787 LATAM LA800 took a “sudden nose-dive” leaving 50 injured
April 2024- Boeing 737 engine cover ripped off mid-air
April 2024 – Wheel falls off and smoke billows from Boeing 737 FlySafair FA212 in South Africa
April 2024: Boeing 747 Lufthansa Airlines seen bouncing along the runway in another huge safety blunder.
May 2024 – Boeing 767 FedEx plane nosedives on runway due to front landing gear failure
The Lufthansa Airlines plane was seen dramatically smashing into the ground twice in Los Angeles Airport (LAX) before the pilot gave up and aborted the rough landing.
Two days earlier, a wheel fell off a Boeing 737 fully loaded with passengers as smoke billows from the commercial jet.
Dramatic footage showed the plane grinding along the runway before it was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff.
The FedEx plane nosedived on the runway
The runway was closed following the horror landing in Turkey
The jumbo jet came into land at LAX on Tuesday before failing twice
The moment the Boeing 747 touches down for the first failed landing and sends smoke billowing into the air