Injuries after fire on a Ryanair plane at Palma Airport

There was some panic

Passengers went onto a wing and jumped to the tarmac | Photo: MDB

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Six passengers were taken to hospitals in Palma in the early hours of Saturday morning after there was a fire on Ryanair plane.

The incident occurred shortly after midnight. Emergency teams attended what was described as a "small fire" on a Ryanair plane that was waiting to take off; the destination was Manchester.

Although most of the passengers left the plane in an orderly fashion, others panicked; some got onto one of the plane's wings and jumped to the ground.

Paramedics treated a total of 18 people, six of whom needed to be taken to hospital; their injuries were minor.

The cause of the fire has as yet not been explained.