A Delta Air Lines plane caught on Monday, April 21, before it was supposed to take off at a Central Florida airport, forcing the passenger evacuation, airport officials said.
There were no reports of any lesion duration of the fire on the plane at the Orlando International Airport, Delta said in a statement.
A recent series of aviation disasters and nearby calls in the United States has fueled fears on air trips, he thought that flying is still a safe way to travel. The accidents on the ground included a plane crashed and turned to land in Toronto and a plane from Japan Airlines that cut a parked Delta plane while rolling at the Seattle airport. An American Airlines Caht Fire plane in Denver last month.
The engine fire exploded Monday morning on Monday morning on Flight 1213 of Delta Air Lines while the plane was on the ramp before a scheduled exit from Orlando to Atlanta, airport officials said on social networks. The passengers were evacuated, and the airport rescue and fire extinction team responded, according to the airport statement.
The Airbus A330 plane had 282 clients, 10 hostesses and two pilots, according to Delta.
“Delta’s flight crews followed the procedures to evacuate the passenger cabin when flames were observed in the exhaust pipe of one of the two aircraft engines,” Delta said in a statement.
Maintenance equipment will examine the aircraft in an effort to determine the cause of the fire, Delta said.
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