Air Canada Boeing plane bursts into flames seconds after taking off [View all]

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Source: MSN

This is the terrifying moment an Air Canada Boeing plane bursts into flames seconds after take-off.

Video footage shows the aircraft gaining altitude before a light flashes from the right engine and the tail of the plane becomes engulfed in flames - the result of a small explosion.

The frightening ordeal took place thirty minutes after departure as the plane was leaving Toronto Pearson Airport Wednesday night en route to Paris, France.

Witnesses on the ground were horrified with one of them heard saying, 'Holy crap! It's got an engine fire!,' The Sun reported.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/air-canada-boeing-plane-bursts-into-flames-seconds-after-taking-off/ar-BB1nPuYA

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