Spirit Airline stated one of many brakes on the airplane overheated and no passengers have been injured.
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ATLANTA — Passengers aboard a Spirit Airways flight from Tampa are secure after one of many airplane’s brakes overheated and briefly caught fireplace upon touchdown in Atlanta on Sunday, airport officers stated.
The brakes within the touchdown gear of Spirit Airways flight 383 from Tampa ignited upon touchdown, officers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport wrote in a tweet in regards to the incident. Atlanta firefighters put out the fireplace and the airplane was towed to the gate for passengers to disembark, airport officers stated.
Spirit Airline stated one of many brakes on the airplane overheated. No passengers have been injured, the airline stated.
Video posted on social media confirmed smoke coming from beneath the airplane at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport.
“The plane was towed to the gate the place visitors safely deplaned with none accidents. Thanks to the Atlanta first responders for instantly assembly the plane. The airplane shall be briefly faraway from service for upkeep,” a press release from the airline learn.
Scottie Nelms, a passenger on the airplane and informed FOX 5 that the flight was uneventful till after touchdown and passengers heard a bizarre noise from the left facet of the airplane.”
No one knew what it was till we stopped fully in the midst of the touchdown strip,” Nelms informed FOX 5. “We noticed a flame coming from the engine and other people and myself began freaking out.”
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