By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-10-30 03:11:36 | Updated at 2024-10-30 07:23:40
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A Delta Airlines aircraft was forced abandon takeoff at a Las Vegas airport after smoke was seen billowing from its engine as it taxied on the runway.
The Atlanta-bound DL777 was delayed for several hours at the Harry Reid International Airport on Monday when 'engine issues' were discovered.
A video of the plane shows heavy clouds of black fumes being emitted from the underside of the Airbus A330 as it stood in the middle of the runway.
No injuries were reported among any of the 291 onboard passengers and nine crew members.
'Looks like it's coming out of the engine. It's on fire,' a man can be heard saying in an audio recording from the scene.
The Atlanta-bound DL777 had to be delayed for several hours at the Harry Reid International Airport on October 28 after officials reported 'engine issues'
Emergency inspection crews arrived at the scene to go over the aircraft when it was determined that ignited fuel had been emitted from the engine, which caused the issue.
A Delta spokesperson later confirmed that the plane had ran into the issue as it accelerated before takeoff.
'Emergency personnel inspected the aircraft on the runway and determined that ignited fuel exited the engine as designed. The aircraft will undergo inspection and maintenance,' Delta told the New York Post.
The airlines also said they were working to re-accommodate passengers to get to their destinations.
According to Flightradar24, the plane eventually landed in Atlanta at 3.23am today morning.
Airport officials soon arrived at the scene to inspect the aircraft and determined that ignited fuel exited the engine as designed - which caused the issue
A Delta spokesperson later confirmed that the plane had ran into the issue as it was 'accelerating before takeoff'
This comes less than a month after footage posted on social media caught the moment a Frontier Airlines plane caught fire as it landed at a major airport.
The video posted by Tyler Herrick shows flight 1326's undercarriage going up in flames as it touched down at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada from San Diego, California on Saturday.
Smoke was seen coming off the aircraft as it continued down the runway and made a turn.
The video showed Clark County firefighters ready and sprayed foam before the aircraft made it to the gate.
No injuries were reported, and all of the passengers onboard were safely transported to the gate area, a spokeswoman for the airport told DailyMail.com.
A spokeswoman for Frontier explained that the flight was in the process of landing at Harry Reid International Airport when 'the 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 airplane caught fire as it landed at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday
Days after the incident, three passengers who were onboard the fiery plane filed a lawsuit against Frontier Airlines - claiming they suffered injuries due to the accident.
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 states.
According to 8NewsNow, the three of them allege that they 'were stranded inside the sweltering smoke-filled aircraft for nearly an hour before being evacuated'.
Furthermore, the group claims that the plane ‘violently crash landed’ at Harry Reid International Airport without warning.
The impact of the reported crash was was strong enough to cause tires to explode, the landing gear to drop and the plane to burst into flames, documents state.
They believes these incident was a result of the airline’s failure to properly repair, inspect, maintain and operate its aircraft with reasonable safety standards.
The injury and damages caused or expected are said to have cost the group about $30,000.
A spokeswoman for Frontier explained that the flight was in the process of landing at Harry Reid International Airport when 'the 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 malfunctioned, its autopilot quit and some radio communications were disrupted at the time of the incident.
Investigators said that the crew members detected fumes of burning rubber, a chemical or light smoke, the cockpit crew donned oxygen masks and declared an emergency about 19 minutes before the plane landed.
Display screens, radio and transponders stopped functioning while the pilot and copilot conducted emergency procedures.
The report also specified that no one among the 190 passengers and seven crew members was injured.
