A passenger plane of the Indonesian airline Garuda Indonesia made an emergency landing due to an engine fire.
This is reported by The Independent.
The plane with 450 passengers on board was flying from the Indonesian city of Makassar to Medina (Saudi Arabia).
The Boeing 747-400 returned to departure airport after one of the engines was seen catching fire.
Terra Avia on ops for Garuda Indonesia Boeing 747-400 (ER-BOS, built 2001) experienced a brief engine fire during take-off rotation from runway 21 at Makassar-Intl Airport(WAAA), Indonesia. The pilots of flight #GA1105 to Madinah continued the climb-out, entered a holding pattern… pic.twitter.com/6zAjxQunRe
— JACDEC (@JacdecNew) May 15, 2024
the crew were safely evacuated, no one was injured as a result of the fire.