At least 18 people have been injured after a Ryanair plane burst into flames at an airport in Majorca, Spain.
The blaze broke out on the runway of the Palma airport just after midnight local time.
Passengers were seen fleeing the plane via one of its wings as police and firefighters rushed to the scene.
Local emergency services said 18 people were injured, with six being taken to hospital.
Passengers scrambled away, abandoning the plane
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The plane, which was about to depart from Palma to Manchester, was discontinued due to a "false fire warning".
Airline staff on board the plane are believed to have called emergency services at 12.35am.
Footage seen on social media shows passengers escaping the plane via its wing with an airport worker heard saying: "Do you know the plane has emergency exits? Now the people are jumping from the wing onto the ground.
"Something's happening, something's happening, they're evacuating the plane. Now the firefighters are coming."
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A spokesman for Majorca's emergency response crews said this morning: "We received an alert about a fire on a plane on the ground at Palma airport at 00.36am today.
"Four ambulances were sent to the scene, which were two basic life support units and two advanced life support units.
"Eighteen people were injured and received medical assistance, of whom six were taken to hospital.
"They were all minor. Three went to the Clinica Rotger and three to the Palmaplanas Hospital."
A passenger can be seen exiting the plane onto its wing
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Ryanair said the flight was discontinued during takeoff due to "a false fire warning light indication".
The airline said: "Passengers were disembarked using the inflatable slides and returned to the terminal.
"While disembarking, a small number of passengers encountered very minor injuries (ankle sprains, etc.), and the crew requested immediate medical assistance.
"To minimise disruption to passengers, we quickly arranged a replacement aircraft to operate this flight, which departed Palma at 7.05am this morning."
Ryanair apologised to "affected passengers for any inconvenience caused".
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