The airport operator has announced the temporary closure of Diass International Airport, near Dakar, following this incident

The series of unfortunate incidents continues for Boeing. On the night of Wednesday 8 to Thursday 9 May, eleven people, four of them seriously, were injured when an Air Senegal aircraft veered off the runway during take-off. This event, the latest in a series of incidents involving the American manufacturer’s aircraft, led to the temporary closure of Diass international airport, near Dakar, which reopened the following morning.

According to information provided by the same source, the aircraft ran off the runway and came to a halt. The group said that all the airport’s emergency services were activated to evacuate the passengers and ensure that they were taken care of in accordance with the planned procedures.

These latest incidents add to a series of alerts for the American aircraft manufacturer. On Tuesday, a Boeing 787 chartered by Air France, en route from Paris to Seattle (USA), was diverted to Iqaluit, Canada, after the crew noticed a burning smell in the cabin, according to the French airline.

Currently, three of the four commercial aircraft models manufactured by Boeing are officially under investigation by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), including the 787 ‘Dreamliner’.