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| Passengers evacuate Delta flight after engine fire at Orlando airport | Passengers evacuate Delta flight after engine fire at Orlando airport |
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| Watch: Delta plane evacuated after engine fire | Watch: Delta plane evacuated after engine fire |
| Passengers have been forced to evacuate a Delta plane after an engine caught fire while on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport in Florida. | 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. | 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. | "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 BBC's US partner, CBS News. | |
| The airline said crews evacuated the cabin when flames were seen in part of one of the plane's two main engines. | The airline said crews evacuated the cabin when flames were seen in part of one of the plane's two main engines. |
| Video apparently taken from the terminal shows passengers waiting on the tarmac with emergency vehicles parked next to the aircraft. | Video apparently taken from the terminal shows passengers waiting on the tarmac with emergency vehicles parked next to the aircraft. |
| "We appreciate our customers' cooperation and apologize for the experience," Delta said. | "We appreciate our customers' cooperation and apologize for the experience," Delta said. |
| "Nothing is more important than safety and Delta teams will work to get our customers to their final destinations as soon as possible." | "Nothing is more important than safety and Delta teams will work to get our customers to their final destinations as soon as possible." |
| The Federal Aviation Administration said it will investigate the incident. | The Federal Aviation Administration said it will investigate the incident. |
| There have been several high-profile aviation incidents in North America this year. | |
| On 29 January, 67 people were killed after a passenger plane and a military helicopter collided in mid-air near Washington DC's Ronald Reagan airport. | |
| Crash investigators recommended restricting helicopter flights in certain areas near the airport following the incident. | |
| On 17 February, all 80 passengers survived after a Delta Air Lines plane crashed and overturned while landing in Toronto. | |
| The plane from Minneapolis skidded along the runway with flames visible and came to a halt upside down as firefighters rushed in. |