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Plane comes off Brussels runway | Plane comes off Brussels runway |
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A cargo plane has slid off the runway and split in two at Brussels Airport during take-off, slightly injuring four people aboard. | |
Firefighters coated the wings with retardant foam as the plane was full of fuel when the crash happened at 1330 (1130 GMT), but it did not catch fire. | |
The Boeing 747 belongs to US freight company Kalitta and had five people aboard, an airport spokeswoman said. | The Boeing 747 belongs to US freight company Kalitta and had five people aboard, an airport spokeswoman said. |
It is not known what caused the plane, said to be bound for Bahrain, to crash. | It is not known what caused the plane, said to be bound for Bahrain, to crash. |
Francis Vermeiren, mayor of the nearby town of Zaventem, said four of those aboard had been "slightly injured". | |
Earlier, airport spokeswoman Tru Lefevere told AFP news agency that the five had been taken to hospital but none was injured. | |
Mr Vermeiren, who was coordinating the emergency effort, said the Boeing had come to a halt at the end of a runway, near houses and a cemetery. | |
He did not know what the plane was carrying. | |
Speaking to Belgian radio station VRT, he said the pilot had told rescue authorities of hearing a "large noise" while trying to take off. | |
According to the airport, air traffic has not been disrupted. |