Passengers on an Air China flight had to brace for an emergency landing in a smoke-filled cabin after the plane's left engine caught fire

• An Air China plane had to make an emergency landing in Singapore after its engine caught fire.
• Clips taken by passengers on board showed that the cabin was full of smoke.

An Air China plane cabin was filled with smoke after its engine caught fire, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Singapore on Sunday.

Singapore's Changi Airport said in a statement on the same day that Air China flight CA403 was flying to Singapore from China when it "reported smoke in the forward cargo hold and lavatory." The plane declared an emergency and was given priority to land at the airport.

"After landing, emergency slides of the aircraft were deployed for expeditious evacuation," the airport said in its statement.

The statement said that the airport's emergency service put out a fire in the plane's left engine. The runway was also temporarily closed due to the incident.

Clips taken by passengers have been going around X, formerly Twitter.

In one of the clips, passengers were seen adopting the brace position in their seats. Some passengers were covering their mouths and noses with paper napkins. Visibility was poor, with white smoke billowing across the cabin.

Later in the video, passengers could be seen evacuating the plane via the emergency slides.

Changi Airport confirmed in its statement that all 146 passengers and nine crew members were safely evacuated.

"Nine passengers sustained minor injuries related to smoke inhalation and abrasions during the evacuation process," said the statement. "They have since been attended to."

Singapore's Transport Safety Investigation Bureau is investigating the incident and has contacted its counterpart in China, who will assist with the investigation, per Changi Airport's statement.

Representatives for Air China did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.