A plane carrying 15 members of the government to a conference in
Brussels 1___E. is known to have experienced ____ a small scale fire 2__G. earlier ____ this morning. The plane is
thought to have
been about 20 minutes into its journey when the fire 3 ___H. occurred____ in the
luggage department. It 4___A. is not known ____ how the plane caught fire, but early
eyewitness reports confirm that a trail of smoke 5____C. was seen ___ coming from
the undercarriage. The fire 6 ___ I. was brought___ rapidly under control, but the
pilot 7___ L. was obliged to
__ make an emergency landing. Five people 8___K. are believed to have been ___ treated for
shock. The plane 9____B. was packed D__ with businesspeople flying to Belgium. All 209
passengers were made 10__ F. to stay __ behind for questioning after landing at a
military airport in northern France. Police are believed to have been
treating the incident as suspicious.