An engine fire forced passengers to evacuate a Delta plane in Orlando. The Airbus A330 was set to depart for Atlanta when the engine caught fire pic.twitter.com/Ro0CFq6DuL
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Airport officials said the engine fire broke out on Delta Airlines Flight 1213 while the plane was at the ramp before the scheduled departure from Orlando to Atlanta.
All the passengers were evacuated from the flight. The Airbus A330 aircraft had 282 passengers, 10 flight attendants and two pilots.”Delta flight crews followed procedures to evacuate the passenger cabin when flames in the tailpipe of one of the aircraft’s two engines were observed,” Delta said in a statement.
The airlines said maintenance teams will examine the aircraft to determine the cause of the fire.
With inputs from Agencies
