A Delta Airlines plane was forced to abandon takeoff at a Las Vegas airport after smoke was seen billowing from its engine while taxiing on the runway.
Atlanta-bound DL777 was delayed for several hours at Harry Reid International Airport on Monday when “engine issues” were discovered.
Video from the plane shows dense clouds of black smoke emitted from the underside of the Airbus A330 while it was in the middle of the runway.
No injuries were reported among the 291 passengers on board and the nine crew members.
‘It seems to come from the engine. “It’s on fire,” a man is heard saying in an audio recording from the scene.
Atlanta-bound DL777 was delayed for several hours at Harry Reid International Airport on October 28 after authorities reported “engine issues.”
Emergency inspection crews arrived on scene to check the aircraft when it was determined that the engine had emitted ignited fuel, causing the problem.
A Delta spokesperson later confirmed that the plane had had the problem while accelerating before takeoff.
‘Emergency personnel inspected the aircraft on the runway and determined that ignited fuel exited the engine as designed. The plane will undergo inspection and maintenance,” Delta told the New York Post.
Airlines also said they were working to rearrange passengers to reach their destinations.
According flight radar24The plane finally landed in Atlanta at 3:23 am today.
Airport officials soon arrived on scene to inspect the aircraft and determined that ignited fuel exited the engine as designed, causing the problem.
A Delta spokesperson later confirmed that the plane had encountered the problem because it was “accelerating prior to takeoff.”
This comes less than a month after images posted on social media captured the moment a Frontier Airlines plane caught fire while landing at a major airport.
Video posted by Tyler Herrick shows the landing gear of Flight 1326 going up in flames as it landed at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada from San Diego, California, on Saturday.
Smoke was seen billowing from the plane as it continued down the runway and turned.
Video showed Clark County firefighters ready and spraying foam before the plane arrived at the gate.
No injuries were reported and all passengers on board were safely transported to the gate area, an airport spokeswoman told DailyMail.com.
A Frontier spokeswoman explained that the flight was in the process of landing at Harry Reid International Airport when ‘pilots detected smoke and declared an emergency.’
The plane then “experienced a hard landing” as it touched down in Las Vegas, sparking the flames.
A Frontier plane caught fire as it landed at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday.
Days after the incident, three passengers who were aboard the burning plane filed a lawsuit against Frontier Airlines, alleging they suffered injuries due to the crash.
Eddie Frierson, Alberto Cardoso and Ana Figueroa-Cueva were on Frontier Flight 1326 from San Diego, California to Las Vegas when they were traumatized by their landing experience, the lawsuit claims.
According 8NewsNowThe three allege that they “were stranded inside the plane filled with suffocating smoke for almost an hour before being evacuated.”
Additionally, the group claims the plane “landed violently” at Harry Reid International Airport without warning.
The impact of the reported crash was strong enough to cause the tires to burst, the landing gear to fall and the plane to burst into flames, according to the documents.
They believe this incident was the result of the airline’s failure to properly repair, inspect, maintain and operate its aircraft to reasonable safety standards.
The injuries and damage caused or expected are said to have cost the group around $30,000.
A Frontier spokeswoman explained that the flight was in the process of landing at Harry Reid International Airport when ‘pilots detected smoke and declared an emergency.’
According to a preliminary report released Monday by the National Transportation Safety Board, the plane’s electrical system failed, its autopilot shut down and some radio communications were interrupted at the time of the incident.
Investigators said crew members detected fumes from burning rubber, a chemical substance or light smoke, the cabin crew put on oxygen masks and declared an emergency about 19 minutes before the plane landed.
The displays, radio and transponders stopped working while the pilot and co-pilot carried out emergency procedures.
The report also specifies that none of the 190 passengers and seven crew members were injured.
