A plane carrying 241 people made an emergency landing Monday morning at Singapore’s Changi Airport and caught fire shortly after it touched down.
Two hours into the flight, an engine-oil warning message forced the Milan-bound flight to turn back to the Changi runway. Just before it landed, around 6:50 a.m, the Boeing 777’s right engine caught fire. Emergency crews doused it with water and foam. No one was injured in the accident.
Phew!! that was close call! #SingaporeAirlines
— Kenneth Mascarenhas (@KenWM00) June 27, 2016
Singapore Airlines Emergency Landing Fire Changi https://t.co/j3tDemqJOe via @YouTube
RT @S118869: Singapore Airlines flight #SQ368 catches fire at #Changi Airport after making emergency landing pic.twitter.com/w7txL3iwBF
— Eric Lewis (@SubEWL) June 27, 2016
Singapore Airlines has one of the best records for safety. Its only accident that resulted in a death was in 2000, Reuters reported, when a flight from Singapore to Los Angeles crashed into construction equipment on a runway in Taiwan. That crash killed 83 people.
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