An Ethiopian Airlines cargo plane burst into flames at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Wednesday as it was preparing for a flight to South America. The "B777 freighter aircraft ... caught fire while loading cargo at Pudong Shanghai airport", the carrier said in a statement, adding that "all ground staff and flying crew are safe". The incident happened as the Boeing 777 was loading up for a scheduled flight to Sao Paulo in Brazil and onwards to the Chilean capital Santiago.