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A plane skidded off the runway of Senegal's main airport on Thursday.
Eleven people were injured - four of whom seriously - according to the country's transport minister. Other passengers were taken to a hotel to rest.
Flights were suspended near the capital Dakar after the incident, which happened in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Some 85 people were onboard the plane that trundled off the runway onto the grass.
Footage shared on social media shows the wing of the plane covered in fire-suppressing foam.
The plane is a Boeing 737. The incident could spell more trouble for the crisis-struck US aerospace manufacturer, with a Boeing cargo plane belonging to FedEx crash landing on Wednesday.
Transport Minister El Malick Ndiaye said the Air Sénégal flight operated by TransAir was headed to Bamako late Wednesday with 79 passengers, two pilots and four cabin crew.
