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Watch: Boeing makes emergency landing after engine fire

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A Boeing passenger plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Indonesia after an engine caught fire during take-off.

Streaks of flame were spotted shooting out the back of the 747-400 aircraft as it lifted off the runway with 468 passengers onboard.

The flight, operated by Garuda Indonesia, was departing from the city of Makassar bound for Medina in Saudi Arabia, where many on the flight intended to make the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.

The incident forced the pilots to circle back immediately after take-off, safely completing the emergency landing 90 minutes later, with all passengers and crew evacuated safely.

The fire is the latest incident involving an aircraft made by Boeing, which is under scrutiny for the safety and quality of its planes.

Last week, scores of passengers were forced to flee a burning Boeing plane after it aborted take-off and veered off the runway in Senegal.

Footage of the incident at Dakar’s Blaise Diagne airport showed passengers screaming as they fled the flames, with 16 people injured.

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