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Tragedy was averted on Sunday evening after a plane 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 happened at the Braunschweig Wolfsburg Airport
after a bird entered the engine shortly before the takeoff, causing a loud
bang.
Flames started coming out of the left engine of the Boeing
737 before the pilots quickly evacuated the passengers to safety.
Arsenal released a statement confirming they returned home
safely this morning.
It read: “Our aircraft developed a technical issue prior to
take-off in Germany on Sunday evening.
“As a result, we remained in Wolfsburg overnight on Sunday
before flying back to England on Monday afternoon. We would like to thank the
staff onboard the aircraft and on the ground at the airport for their
assistance.”
The game ended 2-2 after the Arsenal team came back from two
goals down.
