A flight in Houston was evacuated Sunday morning before takeoff after flames erupted from one of the plane's engines. The incident, captured on video, prompted the Houston Fire Department to assist in deboarding all 104 passengers safely. This comes after a week of aviation tragedies, including a helicopter and plane collision in Washington, D.C., and an air ambulance crash in Philadelphia.
flight in Houston had to be evacuated Sunday morning before takeoff after flames started coming from one of the plane’s engines, the latest in a string of aviation incidents this past week.
The flight, which was scheduled to fly to New York, was evacuated just before takeoff when an engine issue was reported, according to the“No, it’s on fire!” one passenger can be heard saying in the video. The Houston Fire Department was of assistance during the deboarding of all 104 passengers off of the plane and reported no injuries, according to a
The Sunday afternoon plane fire follows a week of tragedy after 67 people were killed in a helicopter and plane collision in Washington, D.C., and seven people were killed on Saturday when an air ambulance crashed into a street in Philadelphia.“We have the safest skies in the whole world,” Duffy said on Fox.
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