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The aircraft went off the runway during takeoff.
Eleven people were injured Thursday, four of them seriously, when a Boeing chartered by Air Senegal went off the runway during takeoff, an incident which led to a closure of Diass international airport, near Dakar, announced the manager.
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The B737/300 type aircraft, chartered from a private company, Transair, leaving for Bamako, “exited the runway during its take-off phase this Thursday, May 9, 2024 around 1:00 a.m.,” said in a press release. the communications department of the airport management group.
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Emergency plan triggered
The incident left “eleven injured, including four serious” among the 78 passengers, indicates the manager, who specifies that the airport is “for the moment closed while waiting for the planned arrangements to be taken”. Six other passengers were admitted for observation in the airport medical services, according to the same Source. “The reopening of the airport is announced in the coming hours,” added the LAS management group, made up of a trio including the Turks of Limak, the Blaise Diagne International Airport of Diass (AIBD, public) and the Turks of Summa.
ud83cuddf8ud83cuddf3 Violent exit from the track last night in Dakar, Senegal.
u25abufe0fA TransAir Boeing 737-300 departing for Bamako in Mali suffered significant damage.
The 73 passengers on board, including two babies, were unhurt. Only one pilot was slightly injured.
More info to come pic.twitter.com/LT8Vyr3Hn1
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The aircraft “came to rest” off the runway explains LAS in the press release. “The emergency plan was triggered by the airport authorities as soon as the information was communicated to them. Thus, all emergency services at the airport were mobilized for the evacuation of passengers and their care as such. provided that”.
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