While preparing to take off to fly to London, the Boeing 737 carrying the Arsenal women’s team exploded and caught fire. Fortunately, there were no human casualties.
According to information published by a series of British newspapers, the serious incident happened on Sunday night. The flight carrying the Arsenal women’s team back to London is scheduled to take off at 19:30 after the first leg of the women’s Champions League semi-final against Wolfsburg.
According to eyewitnesses, the plane, believed to be from Malta Airlines, shook with a loud bang just before it was about to take off. A large fire immediately flared up, burning fiercely. Witnessing this horrifying scene, the pilots evacuated the passengers, including the Arsenal women’s team. According to airport spokesman Braunschweig Wolfsburg (Germany), the cause of the explosion and fire was the collision of the plane’s engine with the birds.
Due to the delayed take-off and timely evacuation, no one was injured. The entire Arsenal women’s team has been moved to a nearby hotel, staying in Wolfsburg for an extra day than originally planned. The plane that happened was a Boeing 737. This is the same plane that Arsenal women’s team used to fly to Wolfsburg for the first leg of the women’s Champions League semi-final. Although the incident ended safely, many female Arsenal players could not help but be psychologically and spiritually affected.
In the first leg of the women’s Champions League semi-final, Arsenal drew Wolfsburg with a score of 2-2. This is a result in favor of the Gunners before the second leg at home. If they win the final, they will win tickets to play in the final against the winner of the semi-final between Chelsea and Barcelona.
