More than 300 passengers aboard a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight escaped unhurt Tuesday after their Boeing 747 jet caught fire as

by monjurulhoque | March 27, 2008 at 08:55 am | 242 views | 1 comment

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More than 300 passengers aboard a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight escaped unhurt Tuesday after their Boeing 747 jet caught fire as it landed in Bangladesh, an official said.

The 326 passengers were evacuated after airport officials spotted flames coming from the right wing of the aircraft as it touched down at Dhaka's Zia International airport, aviation chief Shakeb Iqbal Khan Majlish said.

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at 11:55 on March 27th, 2008

good stuff:

monjurulhoque, Thanks for this story, if anyone was a passenger or a family member, please give us the details from your frame of referance. Thanks

A passenger was quoted as saying in reports that smoke had filled the cabins as the fire spread, causing panic. All passengers were evacuated with a few sustaining minor injuries. The aircraft was travelling from Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.