Singapore Airlines Plane Catches Fire During Emergency Landing All 241 People On Board Safe

Admin 27-Jun-2016 12:38:43 Inothernews

In an unfortunate incident, a Singapore Airlines plane carrying 222 passengers and 19 crew members on-board, erupted into flames while making an emergency landing at Singapore's Changi Airport on Monday morning.



The right engine of Flight SQ368 caught fire after turning back from a flight to Milan following an engine oil warning message. However, there were no injuries in the incident.

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In a statement, Singapore Airlines said that the plane’s right engine caught fire following an engine oil leak.

"Passengers disembarked through stairs and were transported to the terminal building by bus. Passengers will be transferred to another aircraft which is expected to depart for Milan later today," the statement added.

One of the plane's passengers, Ms Lee Bee Yee, 43, said she detected a faint whiff of what smelled like gasoline while flying. "We were informed by the pilot that there was a leak, and that the plane would have to return to Changi Airport as it did not have enough fuel for the journey," said Ms Lee, who runs an e-commerce company.

"It was a heart wrenching 5 mins! Waiting for the fire engine and fire fighters to put out the fire! They shot foam and water into the fire and eventually it was put out! We were so close to death!!" the passenger wrote on Facebook adding, "I just escaped death! ... Huge fire was burning!" she added in comments under a 49-second video clip, shot from a wing seat of the flames and smoke on the wing before it is put out. Foam slips down the small oval window."

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