^*^ Arsenal Women’s plane catches fire on runway to delay return from Wolfsburg

• Players forced to disembark and spend extra night in Germany
• Katie McCabe says injury crisis is giving team extra motivation

The plane due to carry the Arsenal squad back from their Women’s Champions League semi-final at Wolfsburg caught fire with the players on board, forcing them to disembark and stay an extra night in Germany.

Pictures showed flames coming from under the plane’s left wing on the runway, with the fire understood to have started after a bird flew into one of the engines. The incident occurred on Sunday at Braunschweig Wolfsburg airport after Arsenal had come from two goals down to draw 2-2 with the Frauen-Bundesliga champions.

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