Singapore Airlines plane caught fire at Changi Airport incident that happened occurred Singapore Airlines flight at Changi Airport
Boeing 777-300ER aircraft belonging to the airline Singapore Airlines burned at Changi Airport after being airborne for several hours to Milan, Italy, on Monday (27/06).
Incident on a plane carrying 222 passengers and 19 crew occurred at 6:50 am local time.
In an official statement, the airline Singapore Airlines said that no passengers and crew were injured. "The passengers got off the plane via stairs and were taken to the terminal building by bus."
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| Singapore Airlines passenger plane were taken to the terminal building by bus Source : ISTOCK |
However, as quoted by news agency AFP , a passenger tells the events that happened.
"I've just escaped death. Singapore Airlines aircraft fuel leak that we were riding for three hours in the air and the aircraft had to turn back. When arrived at Changi Airport, while the plane landed, the engine caught fire! The fire is great! "Said Lee Bee Yee.
He admitted that the experience is thrilling because it had to wait for firefighters to extinguish the fire in the engine for five minutes.
"They fired foam and fire finally extinguished. We are very close to death, "added Lee.
Singapore Airlines said passengers would be transferred to another plane heading for Milan, Italy, on Monday (27/06).
Flight Singapore Airlines never had an accident on a flight from Singapore to Los Angeles via Taipei, on October 31, 2000. At that time, the plane crashed into construction equipment in Taoyuan Airport, Taipei, while attempting to take off from the wrong runway. The accident killed 83 people of 179 people on the plane.
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