Federal officials are looking into an engine fire on a Southwest Airlines plane. Southwest says the Boeing 737 was preparing to take off from Lubbock, Texas, and fly to Las Vegas late Thursday when pilots got a report of an engine issue.
<p>DALLAS — Federal officials are investigating a reported engine fire that forced a Southwest Airlines plane to cancel takeoff and return to the gate at the Lubbock, Texas, airport on Thursday.
</p><p>The Lubbock fire department said online that it confirmed there was a fire in one of the two engines that needed to be extinguished.
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