Spirit Airlines flight briefly catches fire at Atlanta airport, no injuries reported
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 yesterday, airport officials said.
The Spirit Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport from Tampa, Florida, on Sunday morning briefly after catching fire on the runway after one of its landing gear brakes overheated.
Atlanta Fire Rescue put out the fire after the brakes in the landing gear ignited at 9:25 a.m., the airport said in a statement to ABC News. There were no reported injuries.
“Spirit Flight 383 from Tampa to Atlanta landed safely in Atlanta International Airport and upon landing one of the brakes overheated,” Spirit said in a statement yesterday.
“The aircraft was towed to the gate where guests safely deplaned without any injuries. Thank you to the Atlanta first responders for immediately meeting the aircraft. The plane will be temporarily removed from service for maintenance,” it added.
Last month, three people were injured when a Red Aeroplane caught on fire when it landed at Miami International Airport and caught on fire.
The landing gear on the plane had also caught on fire when landing, the Federal Aviation Administration told ABC News in a statement.
