No fewer than three persons were hospitalised after an airplane caught fire when it landed at Miami International Airport on Tuesday.
According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, the plane was carrying 126 passengers and 11 crew members at the time of the crash.
A video shared online showed passengers screaming as they rushed out of the burning plane.
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According to local outlet WSVN, the Red Air flight from the Dominican Republic touched down at the airport at about 5:30 p.m. and tore through a communications tower and a small building before stopping in a grassy area beside the runway.
The landing gear on the plane was said to have malfunctioned and fell off during the landing.
Parts of the smashed-up communications tower could be seen on the plane’s right wing, which caught fire.
“We will be at the airport Wednesday morning,” the National Transit Safety Board, said.
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