Passengers, including families with children, fled down emergency slides on a Russian Azimuth Airlines plane at Antalya Airport in Turkey after an engine caught fire.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Passengers were forced to flee down emergency slides when a plane”s engine caught fire after landing. Eighty nine passengers – including young children – plus six crew managed to safely escaped the Russia n aircraft at Turkey ’s Antalya airport at around 9.30pm yesterday.
Dramatic footage shows passengers sliding down the inflatable slides, several holding their luggage, as flames and billowing smoke rise behind them. The ministry said the plane had made an emergency landing and fire services were quickly on the scene to extinguish the blaze. It added that everyone was safely evacuated, with no injuries reported. Azimuth Airlines said the plane had made a rough landing due to wind shear.
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