BREAKING: Boeing 737 crashes during take-off in Senegal, 11 people injured
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A Boeing 737 jet carrying 78 passengers skidded off the runway in Senegal after its wing burst into flames.
The Air Senegal plane bound for the Malian capital of Bamako skidded onto the grass at Dakar’s Blaise Daigne airport before take-off during the early hours of Thursday.
All operations have since been halted at the airport.
An image posted online shows a gaping hole in the left engine and the wing of the plane covered in firefighting foam.
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