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Video: British Airways Plane Catches Fire
A plane belonging to British Airways, on Wednesday, caught fire at the Copenhagen Airport in Denmark. It was reported that the plane was coming from London.
The Danish Police tweeted, “A fire erupted in an engine of a passenger jet that was stopped at the gate. Fire is out. Passengers evacuated. No one injured.”
The Danish Police tweeted, "A fire erupted in an engine of a passenger jet that was stopped at the gate. Fire is out. Passengers evacuated. No one injured."
Videos circulating on social media show a crowd of passengers in a waiting room at the airport watching the firefighters tackling the fire.
The flight’s return leg to London was cancelled as a result of what happened.
Police in Denmark said the plane was evacuated after a fire broke out in one of the engines.
The latest incident comes against a backdrop of mounting frustration about long queues at airports and airlines cancelling flights.
British Airways (BA) announced on Tuesday it will axe another 10,300 short-haul flights to the end of October.
