A Boeing 737-300 aircraft has skidded off a runway in Senegal, injuring at least ten people, four of them seriously.
The incident occurred as Air Senegal flight HC 301 was taking off for the Malian capital Bamako in the early hours of Thursday, Dakar’s Blaise Diagne airport said in a statement.
The pilot was slightly injured, but most of the 78 passengers on board were not hurt in the incident.
Video posted on social media and verified by the BBC shows people fleeing the burning plane.
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