People on board the Camair-Co flight from Douala said they heard bullets hitting the aircraft as it came to a halt on the tarmac. No-one was injured.

"Thanks to the captain's bravery, the aircraft was able to land smoothly despite the impact on its fuselage," the airline said in a statement on Facebook.

It is not clear who carried out the attack, but Bamenda is in Cameroon's troubled north-west region where there's been a rebellion by anglophone separatists.

Regional authorities have not commented on the attack.