The 737 plane skidded off the Blaise Diagne runway around 1 a.m. Thursday.
LONDON — A Boeing 737-300 crashed during takeoff at Senegal’s Blaise Diagne International Airport, local officials said.
Air Senegal flight HC301, operated by Transair, “exited the runway” on Thursday around 1:14 a.m., the Senegalese Ministry of Infrastructure, Land and Air Transport said in a press release in French.
The plane was carrying 85 people, including two pilots and four cabin crew, the ministry said.
Ten people were injured, the ministry said. Four people are in critical condition, said a Senegalese army sergeant.
Videos circulating online appeared to show a Transair plane with the serial number 6V-AJE landing on a grassy embankment. The plane’s left engine appears damaged and the brush near the runway appears to be covered in moss forming a watery film.
Blaise Diagne is the main airport serving Dakar, the Senegalese capital. The fight was intended for Bamako, Mali.
ABC News’ Joe Simonetti contributed to this report.
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