Spirit Airlines Flight 383 landed safely at Atlanta International Airport, but an overheated brake sparked smoke and flames, the airline told Fox News Digital on Sunday.
overheated one of its brakes while landing safely at Atlanta International Airport, resulting in smoke and flames seen coming from around the aircraft's landing gear on social media video, the airline told Fox News Digital on Sunday., the airline said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Video posted online shows smoke coming from beneath the aircraft on the runway. The plane's front wheels appear to have caught fire. First responders hosed down the plane on the tarmac before it was towed to a gate, where passengers deplaned as normal, an airline spokesman told Fox News Digital.
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