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Daily Mirror
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Antony Thrower

Passengers' shock as plane’s engine bursts into flames on runway moments before take off

Plane passengers sat in shock when a plane’s engine burst into flames on the runway moments before take off.

The GOL Airlines Flight 2040 was readying for its internal flight from the Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Porto Alegre on 4 May.

Moments before it was due to depart a “technical problem” caused flames to erupt from the engine and the flight was aborted.

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