An incident involving a Boeing 737-300 plane carrying 85 people occurred at Senegal's main airport near Dakar. The aircraft caught fire and skidded off the runway, resulting in ten injuries, including the pilot. The Air Sénégal flight operated by TransAir was en route to Bamako, Mali, with 79 passengers, two pilots, and four cabin crew when the crash happened.
Passengers described scenes of panic as they evacuated the burning aircraft at Blaise Diagne International Airport. Some passengers recounted jumping down emergency slides amidst flames engulfing one side of the plane. The cause of the fire and subsequent skid off the runway remains unclear.