Delta Flight
Aircraft Catches Fireplace
Passengers Flee in Emergency Evac!!!
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One other airplane flight, one other scare — this time with hearth and thick smoke pouring out of a aircraft engine … fortunately, whereas nonetheless on the tarmac.
The entire thing was caught on digital camera by shocked onlookers — Delta Flight 1213, set to take off from Orlando Worldwide Airport en path to Atlanta Monday morning, went up in flames, with video displaying an engine hearth blazing.
Passengers had been noticed sliding down the inflatable slides to security as hearth rescue crews rushed in to douse the hearth.
A Delta spokesperson tells TMZ the Airbus A330 was carrying 200 passengers, 10 flight attendants, and a pair of pilots — and no accidents had been reported.
We’re informed passengers had been introduced again to the terminal and supplied meals and drinks whereas Delta ready extra plane to get everybody to their remaining locations later at present.
Delta says the flight crew adopted all normal security procedures after recognizing flames coming from the tailpipe of one of many jet’s two engines — and upkeep will study the plane to see what went fallacious.
An Orlando Worldwide Airport rep tells TMZ … the hearth, which began at about 11:06 AM native time, was contained and extinguished. Orlando Police and Plane Rescue and Fireplace Combating personnel had been on scene investigating.
With all of the airplane mishaps these days, this newest scare simply provides gasoline to the rising nerves passengers are already feeling about flying.
