Horror aircraft fireplace as brakes catch alight simply moments after touching down

A fire has broken out on a plane moments after it touched down on the tarmac. The plane’s brakes caught alight after the flight from Darwin touched down at Brisbane Airport at about 7pm on Thursday.

Several fire crews scrambled to extinguish the fire aboard the Virgin Atlanta plane which was carrying 178 people. None of those on the flight were injured.

Virgin Australia issued a statement: “The fire was quickly extinguished, and all guests and crew disembarked normally and safely. We thank our crew and airport firefighters for their swift response. The safety of our guests and crew is always our highest priority.”

Engineers are now working to assess what caused the blaze. It is understood the aircraft will be taken out of rotation in the meantime, reports Newsau.com.

Virgin Australia said the fire did not cause any delays at the time and it is not expected to cause delays at Brisbane Airport on Friday.

The Daily Star previously reported that a UPS cargo jet that burst into flames and crashed in Kentucky, resulting in the deaths of 12 people, did so after its engine detached during takeoff.

The first investigative details about the crash were shared this morning as the death toll from the incident, which occurred shortly after the plane took off from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday evening, rose to 12.

Officials who viewed airport security footage saw the left engine separating from the wing of the 34-year-old McDonnell Douglas MD-11 as it sped down the runway before the jet exploded in a ball of fire and crashed into nearby industrial buildings.

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) official Todd Inman stated at a briefing: “We have viewed airport CCTV security coverage, which shows the left engine detaching from the wing during the takeoff roll.

“After being cleared for takeoff, a large plume of fire in the area of the left wing occurred during the takeoff roll.

“There are a lot of different parts of this airplane in a lot of different places,” Mr Inman said, describing a debris field that stretched for approximately half a mile.

As a result, he admitted that finding survivors seems unlikely despite the continued search of the charred area near the crash.