Singapore Airlines Plane Catches Fire

Flight SQ368, which departed at 02:05 local time on Monday (18:00 GMT Sunday), was two hours into the flight when the pilot announced there was an engine problem.

“The pilot came on the intercom and said that there was an oil leak in one of the engines and that they were going to turn and go back to Singapore.”

The plane turned back and landed before the right engine of the Boeing 777 burst into flames.

Plane caught fire on emergency landing. However all 222 passengers and 19 crew on board were safely evacuated.

“We were in the air for roughly an hour before we began to smell gas,” Chuan, a passenger on board with his wife told the Media.