The Senegalese Transport Minister said on Thursday that a Boeing 737 plane skidded off the runway while taking off from an airport in Senegal, injuring several people.
Minister of Transport Malik Ndiaye https://twitter.com/elmaalignjaay/status/1788500680522576144 Ten people were injured when a TransAir Senegal Airlines flight left the runway at Blaise Diagne International Airport, which serves the capital, Dakar. local media reports Press communications from the airport reported that 11 people were injured, including four seriously.
Extensive video footage shared on Facebook by Malian musician Cheikh Sirimane Sissoko, which purports to show the consequences of the accident, depicts a panicked scene of people evacuating the plane, which he also said “caught fire”. People could be heard screaming while flames appeared on one side of the plane.
Ndiaye said the accident occurred at 1:14 a.m., after a “speed stop” during takeoff. He said the plane was carrying 79 passengers, four crew members and two pilots, one of whom was among the injured. The injured were taken to hospital for treatment, while the rest of the passengers were taken to a hotel.
The minister also ordered an investigation into the causes of the accident and apologized to airport passengers whose flights were delayed.
Separately, on Thursday, another Boeing 737 plane had a problem landing at Gazipasa-Alanya airport in Turkey, local media reported. Quickly Newspaper reports. https://twitter.com/a_uraloglu/status/1788518138285359274 Turkish Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said the Corendon Airlines plane’s front landing gear was “broken”, causing one of the plane’s tires to explode and damaging a strut at the front of the plane.
Oraloglu said: “Fortunately, there were no injuries among the 184 passengers and 6 crew.” He added that the runway will be temporarily closed and flights will be diverted to other nearby airports, and an investigation has been opened into the cause of the accident. “At the end of the technical process, the plane will be removed from the runway,” said Uraloglu. “I extend my best wishes to all passengers.”
Incredibly, this was the second crash involving a Boeing plane in Türkiye in as many days. On Wednesday, a FedEx Boeing 767 cargo plane made a dramatic landing at Istanbul airport after also experiencing a problem with its front landing gear. A video of the plane’s landing showed sparks flying from the plane as it crashed onto the runway, but fortunately no one was injured.
The Daily Beast has reached out to Boeing for comment on recent developments.
