A plane has skidded off the runway of Senegal’s main airport causing injuries to 11 people, four of whom are in a serious condition.
Flights have been suspended near the capital Dakar after the plane went into the grass before take-off during the early hours of Thursday.
Dramatic footage on social media shows the plane with the logo of Senegal-based airline Transair standing on the ground with fire-suppressing foam covering the wing.
Local reports suggest the plane is a Boeing 737-300 and the wing caught fire, although this is unconfirmed at this point.
Transair did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The airline is based in Blaise Diagne airport and operates domestic flights and international routes within West Africa.
It comes just one day after a Boeing cargo plane belonging to the US mail service FedEx crash-landed on its nose in Istanbul.
Sparks were seen flying up the runway after the pilots of the 767 aircraft realied that their front landing gear had failed.
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