Arsenal plane bursts into flames on runway as pilot forced to abandon take off

By Chris Hughes On Apr 24, 2023

A PLANE carrying the Arsenal women’s team back to London after a Champions League match burst into flames when a bird strike blew up an engine.

Photos of the terrifying drama show flames shooting from an engine on the Boeing 737 on the runway at Germany’s Braunschweig Wolfsburg Airport.

Image shows the Boeing 737 engine that caught fire during take offCredit: Newsflash

Players of Arsenal pose for a photo during the UEFA Women’s Champions League Semi Final 1st Leg match between VfL Wolfsburg and Arsenal at Volkswagen ArenaCredit: Getty

Stina Blackstenius of Arsenal celebrates with teammates after scoring the team’s second goalCredit: Getty

The 7.30pm flight was due to take off just a few hours after the team secured a 2-2 draw against VfL Wolfsburg in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.

Witnesses say the plane – reportedly from a Maltese airline – made a loud bang just before it was about to take off on 23rd April.

Horrified pilots saw the blaze and quickly pulled the plane up and evacuated the passengers.

An airport spokesman told German newspaper BILD a bird strike on the engine had caused the fire. The airport official added that nobody was hurt during the incident.

The team and Arsenal staff were put up in a nearby hotel.

They were then flown to London on a replacement plane the next day, on 24th April.

The airport is jointly owned by the car manufacturer Volkswagen Group which is based in Wolfsburg.

The company uses the airfield as the home base for their own airline fleet operated under the Volkswagen Air Services brand.

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