Passengers tell of terror as new photos show jet engine on fire

PASSENGERS have described their horror as shocking new photos emerge of the moment a Singapore Airlines jet burst into flames.

PASSENGERS have spoken of their terror after their Boeing 777 burst into flames as it made an emergency landing.

Shocking pictures and footage capture the moment the engine exploded just as the Singapore Airlines jet touched down, The Sun reports.

Lee Bee Yee told how all 222 passengers and 19 crew were ordered to stay on board for a nerve-shredding five minutes while firefighters battled flames licking up against the plane.

The right wing of the Singapore Airlines plane on fire on the tarmac of Singapore's Changi airport. Picture: Lee Bee Yee/AFP

The right wing caught fire as the plane made an emergency landing at Changi airport. Picture: Douglas Yew.

The plane in flames on the runway.

The 43-year-old, who posted dramatic footage of the fire online, said: “I just escaped death!!!!

“As the plane was landing, the engine burst into flames!!!! Huge fire was burning!

“It was a heart wrenching five mins! Waiting for the fire engine and firefighters to put out the fire!”

Lee said Flight SQ368 had been leaking oil for three hours after taking off from Changi Airport when it was forced to turn back.

Passenger Lee Bee Yee spoke of her horror after watching the engine burst into flames.

Passengers waiting as the plane sits on the tarmac of Singapore's Changi airport. Picture: Lee Bee Yee/AFP

Passengers are eventually evacuated from the plane. Picture: Lee Bee Yee/AFP

She added: “We were so close to death!! I thank God I am alive! I going home to hug my kids.”

The 222 passengers and 19 crew were eventually led off the plane and remarkably there were no injuries.

Singapore Airlines said in a statement Flight SQ368 was en route from Singapore to Milan when an engine oil warning message forced it to turn back to the city-state.

“The aircraft’s right engine caught fire after the aircraft touched down at Changi Airport at around 6.50am,” it said.

An image captured through a plane window of fire crews using foam to extinguish the blaze. Picture: Lee Bee Yee/AFP

The right wing of the jet after the fire was extinguished, Picture: Lee Bee Yee/AFP

“The fire was put out by airport emergency services and there were no injuries to the 222 passengers and 19 crew on board.

“Passengers disembarked through stairs and were transported to the terminal building by bus.”

The airline said passengers would be transferred to another aircraft to depart for Milan later in the day and that it would “be co-operating fully with the authorities in their investigations”.

A Singapore Airlines spokesman said the plane was one hour and 45 minutes into the flight when it turned back.

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission.