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Some passengers who were on board a Kumasi-bound domestic airline, Starbow say they have been left traumatized after the plane on which they were travelling caught fire mid-air. The aircraft left the Kotoka International Airport in the morning but had to return to safety shortly after take-off. Kennedy Bomfeh, a passenger on board the aircraft told Joy News he saw what appeared like fire from the engine just ten minutes after take-off. Seated at the right wing of the plane,Bomfeh narrated �we heard a very loud explosion�huge noise. Somehow the pilot was able to bring it around. We had to do an emergency landing. It was a very frightful event�. Bomfeh said he was disappointed that despite the traumatizing experience, no official made �at least an attempt to calm us down� He said �I couldn�t sleep last night because I had trauma-induced insomia�heard the sound of the engine and the fire� Management of Starbow Airline has confirmed the incident to Joy News but have declined any further comment on it for now.