A plane carrying the Arsenal women’s team bursts into FLAMES
BREAKING NEWS: Arsenal women’s team plane caught fire and made a loud bang after being hit by a bird’ on the runway as they tried to fly back from Germany on Sunday night
A plane carrying the Arsenal women’s team back from their Champions League semi-final first leg with Wolfsburg burst into flames on the runway on Sunday evening.
The incident took place at Braunschweig Wolfsburg Airport after a bird flew into the engine shortly before take-off and caused a loud bang.
Flames immediately erupted from the left engine of the Boeing 737 and the pilots on board quickly evacuated the passengers, including the Arsenal first team, to safety.
Arsenal have released a statement confirming they have returned home safely this morning.
The statement read: ‘Our aircraft had a technical problem prior to take-off in Germany on Sunday evening.
As a result, we stayed overnight in Wolfsburg on Sunday before flying back to England on Monday afternoon. We would like to thank the staff on board the aircraft and on the ground at the airport for their assistance.’
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