Dramatic footage captures flames shoot from the back of a busy passenger jet which had to make an emergency landing.
The Boeing 747-400, carrying 468 passengers, took off from Makassar, Indonesia, bound for Medina in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday but encountered difficulties. It immediately returned to Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Indonesia.
No injuries were reported but staff aboard the Garuda Indonesia plane had reported seeing "fire in one of the engines". Garuda Indonesia president, Irfan Setiaputra, said: "The captain discovered that one of the engines was on fire and immediately decided that further inspection was necessary to determine whether the engine was faulty. The decision was made immediately after the aircraft took off."
The airline said they provided accommodation for the affected passengers, while some were booked onto alternative flights to Saudi Arabia. The plane has been kept grounded at the airport since the incident while safety inspections are carried out, it is understood.
Flames were spotted roaring out of the plane (Jam Press Vid)
Footage has been shared on social media of the scary moment (Jam Press Vid)It comes after another Boeing plane appeared to malfunction after leaving Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in France last week. A video shows the moment the landing gear on the Boeing plane appeared to fail as it made an emergency landing.
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