Singapore Airlines plane catches fire during emergency landing
Flames broke out on plane's wings, passengers felt "close to death" but airport fire fighters put out fire immediately.
Flames broke out on plane's wings, passengers felt "close to death" but airport fire fighters put out fire immediately.
AIR SAFETY & FIRE SAFETY
Singapore Airlines plane catches fire during emergency landing
27/06/2016
AFP News agency
"Accidents do happen," as the saying goes, meaning: no matter how hard we prepare, accidents can still happen sometimes, and then it is important to be well-prepared, planning ahead of time how to deal with every possible dangerous situation.
Fire is one possible thing that might go wrong.
When a fire broke out in a plane's wing after landing this morning in Singapore, airport firefighters jumped into action and immediately put out the fire in a very short time, thereby averting disaster.
WHAT HAPPENED?
A Singapore Airlines plane caught fire Monday while making an emergency landing at Changi Airport in Singapore, after turning back from a flight to Milan following an engine oil warning message.
No one was injured aboard the Boeing 777-300ER, but one passenger described those moments as a "so-close to death" experience.
The plane was en route from Singapore to Milan when an engine oil warning forced it to turn back to Singapore.
The aircraft's right engine caught fire after the aircraft touched down at Changi Airport at around 6:50am.
The fire was put out by airport emergency services and there were no injuries to the 222 passengers and 19 crew on board.
Passengers disembarked through stairs and were transported to the airport terminal building by bus.
VIDEOS OF THE FIRE
One passenger posted a harrowing account and a video of the engine fire on Facebook.
"I just escaped death!!!!" Facebook user Lee Bee Yee said in a post.
"Our Singapore Airline plane was leaking oil 3 hours flying off and the plane had to turned back. After reaching Changi Airport, as the plane was landing, the engine burst into flames!!!! Huge fire was burning!" Lee wrote.
"It was a heart-wrenching 5 mins! Waiting for the fire engine and firefighters 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!!" Lee added.
"I thank God I am alive! I going home to hug my kids."
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