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Passengers evacuate Delta plane after engine fire at Orlando airport in Florida

Apr 22, 2025

Tallahassee [Florida], April 22: Passengers have been forced to evacuate a Delta plane after an engine caught fire while on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport in Florida.
Video on social media shows smoke and flames rising from the right engine, and passengers exiting the aircraft down inflatable emergency slides.
Delta flight 1213 was set to depart Orlando, famous as the home of Disneyworld, for Atlanta with almost 300 people on board. There are no reports of any injuries.
"Passengers were evacuated. Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting team promptly responded," the airport said in a post on social media. The Airbus A330 was carrying 282 passengers, 10 flight attendants and two pilots, Delta said in a statement to the CBS News.
Source: Qatar Tribune

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