LONDON — A Boeing 737-300 airplane crashed during takeoff at Senegal’s Blaise Diagne International Airport, local officials said.
Air Senegal flight HC301, which was operated by Transair, “overran the runway” at about 1:14 a.m. on Thursday, Senegal’s Ministry of Infrastructure, Land and Air Transport said in an statement in French.
The aircraft was carrying 85 people, including two pilots and four cabin crew members, the ministry said.
A plane is seen after skidding off the runway at Blaise Diagne International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, May 9, 2024.
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Ten people were injured, the ministry said. Four people were in life-threatening condition, a sergeant with the Senegalese military said.
Videos circulating online appeared to show a Transair plane with the serial number 6V-AJE lying on a grassy bank. The left engine of the plane appears damaged and the brush close to the runway appeared to be covered with Aqueous Film Forming Foam.
Blaise Diagne is the main airport servicing Dakar, the Senegalese capital. The fight had been destined for Bamako, Mali.
ABC News’ Joe Simonetti contributed to this report.
