A Boeing 737 plane crashed at the runway in Senegal's main airport near the capital Dakar after skidded off the runway. According to the news agency, Reuters quoted a source at Blaise Diagne airport that all flights have been cancelled due to the incident.
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Visuals from the airport's runway have gone viral on social media websites. In viral photos and videos, a plane with the logo of Senegal-based airline Transair stands in the grass with a wing covered in fire-suppressing foam.
Visuals of Crash Plane:
In another video shared on X (formerly known as Twitter), it can be seen that the aircraft burst into flames, and the authorities are evacuating passengers. It is also learned that the plane, a Boeing 737-38J, crashed while en route to Mali, carrying 73 passengers, including two babies.
The injured were shifted to the Presidential Pavilion hospital near the airport.