The airline said one of the brakes on the plane overheated. No passengers were injured.
ATLANTA, Georgia -- Passengers aboard a Spirit Airlines flight from Tampa are safe after one of the plane's brakes overheated and briefly caught fire upon landing in Atlanta on Sunday, airport officials said.
The brakes in the landing gear of Spirit Airlines flight 383 from Tampa ignited upon landing, officials at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport wrote in a tweet about the incident. Atlanta firefighters put out the fire and the plane was towed to the gate for passengers to disembark, airport officials said.
Spirit Airline said one of the brakes on the plane overheated. No passengers were injured, the airline said. Video posted on social media showed smoke coming from under the plane at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
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