Plane wing bursts into flames over Bogota, Colombia

A terrified passenger said there was panic on board when people sat on the right side of the plane reported seeing flames out the window

As flames dramatically shoot from the engine of the right wing of a plane, one of the passengers on the window seat had the presence of mind to capture it on a smartphone.

The VivaColombia Flight 8023 scheduled to go from El Dorado International Airport in Bogota to Rionegro was forced to make an emergency landing at its origin after the malfunction.

Passengers heard a bang just after take-off at around 7pm, said news website Las 2 Orillas, and the remarkable amateur footage by a passenger sitting over the wing shows what happened.

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Local reports confirmed that the plane managed to safely complete an emergency landing and all passengers and crew were unharmed in the incident on Wednesday, February 4.

Sebastian Jimenez Botero, a passenger on the plane, told Peruvian news website El Comercio: 'We could see a light and we thought the plane was about to explode. People were bewildered, scared. We asked the flight attendent what was happening but she was even more scared.'

The 31-year-old publicist said he heard an explosion on the right side of the plane when it took off and passengers were worried.

The terrified passenger said he thought about the plane that had been lost in Asia (Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370).

'There were children crying, people didn't know what to do,' he said.

At first the pilot said it must have been a tyre that burst, according to passenger accounts, but those sat on the right side of the plane were sure it was a engine.

The flames eventually died down, which helped restore some calm on board, but passengers said they were still worried about what would happen when the plane landed.

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