Moment Panicked Passengers Flee Plane After Being Told It Was About To Blow Up

This is the dramatic moment terrified passengers flee a plane before takeoff after reportedly being informed that it could explode at any moment by terrified flight attendants.

The incident was filmed at the Marechal Rondon International Airport serving the city of Cuiaba in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso at around 2am local time on 25th November.

Azul Brazilian Airlines (Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras) Flight 2751 was due to leave Cuiaba and arrive in Sao Paulo at 5.05am. However, the plane never made it off the tarmac.

Outside the cabin of the Azul Linhas Aereas Airbus A320-200N, which was rejected to takeoff, and nine of the passengers were injured during evacuation in Cuiaba, Brazil, on 25th November 2021. (CEN)

According to passengers, as reported by the news site G1, they were informed that the plane, an Airbus 320, could explode due to an electrical fault and were instructed to immediately leave by the emergency exit.

Footage shows passengers running from the cabin and fleeing down the evacuation slide onto the tarmac before running clear of the plane.

Reports said there were 132 passengers onboard and nine people were injured evacuating the plane.

Inside the cabin of the Azul Linhas Aereas Airbus A320-200N, which was rejected to takeoff, and nine of the passengers were injured during evacuation in Cuiaba, Brazil, on 25th November 2021. (CEN)

The flight was cancelled and some passengers were offered alternative flights, according to G1.

Passenger Wenderson Campos said there was a sudden brake and a flight attendant shouted for everyone to leave the aircraft.

He described the scene: “The flight attendant appeared screaming, ordering everyone to exit through the emergency exit. People started pushing and I was with a child. Everyone went down the slide.

A family travelling on a plane for the first time, was on board the Azul Linhas Aereas Airbus A320-200N, which was rejected to takeoff, and nine of the passengers were injured during evacuation in Cuiaba, Brazil, on 25th November 2021. (CEN)

“I left with my baby and went back to get my wife because she fell and hurt herself. Another woman broke her foot and a pregnant woman had a bad experience.”

Passenger Juliana Amorim said: “Flight attendants started saying the plane was going to blow up, that we needed to evacuate the plane, and that it was urgent.

“I don’t know how many people got out in front of me, but I managed to leave, thank God, without any injury.

The injuries on the knees of a passenger in the Azul Linhas Aereas Airbus A320-200N, which was rejected to takeoff, and nine of the passengers were injured during evacuation in Cuiaba, Brazil, on 25th November 2021. (CEN)

“I went down the slide and saw a lot of injured people. When I went down the slide, the engine was on and it was so windy that people were being knocked over.”

The airline said in a statement: “Customers evacuated the aircraft via the plane’s emergency exits. Azul would like to emphasise that we are providing all the necessary support to customers, and regret what happened.”

The airline added that the takeoff was aborted after a failure was identified and the captain followed emergency protocol for this type of situation.