11 June,2018 07:12 PM IST | Berlin | AFP
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Ten people were slightly injured on Monday when a fire broke out on a vehicle towing a Lufthansa plane at Frankfurt airport, the airline said.
The tow vehicle was steering the plane towards a departure gate to pick up passengers bound for the United States when it went up in flames for reasons unknown, a spokesman for the German airline said.
The fire spread from the truck to the plane, with photographs showing a massive column of black smoke.
The plane was empty but "ten people are being treated with respiratory irritations".
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The plane was so severely damaged by the flames that it has been grounded.
The incident did not disrupt traffic at Frankfurt airport, Germany's busiest hub.
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