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A 🇺🇸 US Delta passenger jet caught fire on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport on Monday and passengers had to evacuate via the emergency exit slides, the Federal Aviation Authority said Monday.

Delta Air Lines Flight 1213, bound for Atlanta, was pushing back from the gate for departure at around 11:15 a.m. local time on Monday when an engine caught fire, the FAA said in a statement. There were no initial reports of injuries from the incident.

Passenger Kyle Becker, who was sitting in row 35, said he opened the window as soon as he heard people yell "fire!"

"There was a fire on the engine," Becker told CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave. "[It] was a little scary...just never had happened to me before. Start thinking, like, OK, what are the next steps. Trying to remain calm."

Delta said crew members evacuated the cabin when flames were seen in the tailpipe of one of the plane's two main engines and fire crews quickly responded. According to Delta, the plane, an Airbus 330, had 282 passengers, 10 flight attendants and two pilots on board.

"We appreciate our customers' cooperation and apologize for the experience," the airline said in a statement. "Nothing is more important than safety and Delta teams will work to get our customers to their final destinations as soon as possible."

The FAA said it will investigate the incident and Delta said maintenance teams will examine the aircraft.

CBS News transportation and safety expert Robert Sumwalt, the former chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said it's important to act fast whenever there's a fire reported on an airplane.

"Certainly, if you've got fire on the airplane and you have the opportunity to do so, get those passengers off the airplane and get them off quickly," Sumwalt said.

In this case, Sumwalt said it looks like fuel got into the tailpipe and then it was ignited.

"The Airbus has an automatic start sequence, and ideally, the ignition occurs before the fuel is poured into it. It looks like somehow fuel got into the tailpipe and then it was ignited. It's supposed to happen the other way around," Sumwalt explained.

The engine fire marks the latest aviation scare involving the airline in recent months. In February, 21 people were injured after a Delta plane flipped upside down while landing amid wintry conditions at Toronto Pearson International Airport. All of the injured passengers were later released from the hospital.

In January, several people were injured after a Delta flight aborted its takeoff at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, forcing about 200 passengers to evacuate the plane through emergency slides.

credit: CBS News || BBC News

Who also observed that since Nigeria firm stop buying fairly used planes from the US the rate of plane crash in Nigeria stopped.

Just my imagination though

Thanking God for saved lives.

Thanking God there are no casualties this time around.

Glory be to God.

🙏 🤲

Lol

inoki247:
Lol

Inoki 247, what is funny in this near death experience news

Glory be to God in the highest

officialmario:
Glory be to God in the highest

Halleluyah

It's like Trump needs to beg those he offended, but would he listen even his presidential plane catches fire? No he would believe he can ask the fire to be deported

Reading…

This Op gets excited at every unfortunate incident that happens in the US
U will hear 'Russia can never have plane crash'
By force Russian spy oshi lol

Believe me, from what I'm seeing, No Nigerian with high street acumen was in that plane.....Else , the shortest distance for escape would have been through the WINDOW ....No time!!

The rate of aircraft crash in US is getting much these days
May God save us all

One crash too many in America in recent times.. what's really going on 🤔🤔

Thank God for lives saved

US is long gone 🤣🤣🤣

merits:
US is long gone 🤣🤣🤣

lol if US is long gone … what can you say of your country

OboOlora:
This Op gets excited at every unfortunate incident that happens in the US
U will hear 'Russia can never have plane crash'
By force Russian spy oshi lol

Stop lamenting, No one is stopping you from doing same for Russia na!

kudos WriterNig!

Ok

Op You are a deeply troubled soul, consumed by malice and devoid of empathy. Your inability to prioritize humanity's well-being is staggering. Instead of rejoicing in others' misfortunes, let's focus on uplifting and supporting one another

BrainScanner:
Stop lamenting, No one is stopping you from doing same for Russia na!

kudos WriterNig!

2 wrongs don't make a right

WriterNig:
🇺🇸 US aircrafts are flying coffins ✈ ⚰

The US has crashed more aircrafts this year than 🇷🇺 Russia that is fighting in a war has in 3 years.

Their problems started the day they stopped buying Russian quality titanium, special alloys and aircraft parts.

Now they're stuck with poor quality ones from other countries.

This is why Donald Trump says he wants to resume doing business with Russia very quickly. They've lost alot.

Do u think any country can withstand the Flight pressure in USA??... American airspace is the busiest in the world ... 45000 flights move around daily in the USA , it takes about 3 months to achieve that in Nigeria

cr7lomo:
Do u think any country can withstand the Flight pressure in USA??... American airspace is the busiest in the world ... 45000 flights move around daily in the USA , it takes about 3 months to achieve that in Nigeria

wow

IMO. These events might have been happening.. The media are just now using it for sensational journalism..and to probably give Mr. Tariff a bad name.

America currently have highest number of both commercial and military airplane stock in the world.
Mostly acquired during the economic boom era.

I believe the issue facing them currently is tied to inadequate maintanance. Collectively, it's a cost issue.

Mechanical failures are constantly yielding due to the rusty state of those aircrafts.

May be they should try and sell off some of them. If Nigerians buy those planes for example, you won't hear of crashes. Maintanance is easily a priority when the size is small or few.

They need to prioritize comprehensive maintanance urgently at any cost to resolve this.

It's no longer safe to fly in the US