A British Airways Comair plane crash-landed at OR Tambo airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, leaving passengers terrified. The plane, flight number BA6234, was traveling from Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, to Johannesburg. It is currently at a standstill after its main wheel collapsed underneath.
The pilot was said to have warned the 94 passengers on the flight that there had been an landing gear failure before the crash. Photos of the crash after the cut...
One of the on-board passenger Warren
Mann, who posted the pictures, wrote on Facebook: "My first emergency
landing in my life, plane landing gear snapped, and engine on fire. "I
survived."
He told Traveller24 he saw sparks flying as the left wing scraped the runway when they made the landing earlier today.
Mr Mann added: "This caused the plane to hit the runway at an
angle. We could see sparks as the left wing and the engines were
scraped across the runway.
"The wing seemed completely broken off.
"We were met by fire and rescue operation who continued to spray the plane and we then disembarked via an emergency staircase."
The airport is using an alternative runway while they deal with the problem, causing delays to other flights.
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