Airplane Carrying Arsenal Players Bursts Into Flame

Tragedy was averted on Sunday night after a airplane carrying the Arsenal women’s team burst into flames on the runway, Mail Sport reports.

The squad was flying back from their Champions League semi-final first leg with Wolfsburg.

The incident occurred on the Braunschweig Wolfsburg Airport after a bird entered the engine shortly earlier than the takeoff, inflicting a loud bang.

Flames began popping out of the left engine of the Boeing 737 before the pilots rapidly evacuated the passengers to security.

Arsenal launched an announcement confirming they returned house safely this morning.

It learn: “Our plane developed a technical challenge previous to take-off in Germany on Sunday night.

“In consequence, we remained in Wolfsburg in a single day on Sunday earlier than flying again to England on Monday afternoon. We wish to thank the workers onboard the plane and on the bottom on the airport for his or her help.”

The sport ended 2-2 after the Arsenal workforce got here again from two objectives down.