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Delta plane catches fire at Orlando International Airport

Delta plane catches fire at Orlando International Airport
ARE BREAKING INTO PROGRAMING FOR BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW OUT OF ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. WE WANT TO GET YOU A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW AS FIRE CREWS ARE WORKING TO PUT OUT A FIRE ON THIS DELTA PLANE AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE AIRPORT, THE FAA, THE NTSB AND DELTA FOR CONFIRMATION ON EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM CHOPPER TWO, THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE TARMAC GETTING OFF OF THIS PLANE AS CREWS WORK TO GET EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL. WE ARE CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY INJURIES AND IF ANYONE WAS HURT. BUT YOU CAN SEE FIRE CREWS RIGHT HERE ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW AS THIS BREAKING NEWS IS HAPPENING AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW AT 1131, YOU CAN SEE HERE FROM CHOPPER TWO, PEOPLE ARE ON THE TARMAC. THEY’VE GOT THEIR LUGGAGE. I CAN EVEN SEE SOMEBODY UP HERE WITH THEIR CELL PHONE JUST DOCUMENTING EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE WITNESSING. BUT THIS EMERGENCY EVACUATION IS HAPPENING LIVE ON THE AIR. PEOPLE ARE COMING OFF OF THIS PLANE, WALKING DOWN THESE STAIRS, TRYING TO GET TO SOME SAFETY. PEOPLE ARE JUST TERRIFIED RIGHT NOW. WE EVEN HAVE SOME VIEWER VIDEO FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS INSIDE THE TERMINAL. YOU CAN SEE THE FLAMES COMING FROM THIS DELTA AIRLINE. THIS IS FROM DYLAN WALLACE. HE WAS INSIDE THE AIRPORT WHEN ALL OF THIS HAPPENED. WITHIN THE LAST 30 MINUTES. WE DON’T KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT. AGAIN, WE’VE REACHED OUT TO THE FAA, THE NTSB, THE AIRPORT AND DELTA AIRLINES FOR CONFIRMATION. BUT THIS IS WHAT FIRE CREWS ARE WORKING ON AT THIS VERY MOMENT. HERE’S ANOTHER LOOK. AS PEOPLE ARE SLIDING OFF OF THE AIRPLANE, TRYING TO GET TO SAFETY AS QUICKLY AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN. WE HAVE CREWS ON THE WAY WORKING TO TALK TO SOME OF THESE PASSENGERS WHO WERE ON THIS PLANE. WE’RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE THE AIRPLANE WAS GOING TO AND WHERE THIS FLIGHT WAS SUPPOSED TO HEAD TO, BUT THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. MAJOR EVACUATIONS UNDERWAY AT THIS HOUR. LET’S GO AHEAD AND BRING YOU BACK OUT LIVE TO CHOPPER TWO, GIVING YOU A BIRD’S EYE VIEW AS PEOPLE ARE EVACUATING OFF OF THIS PLANE AT THIS MOMENT. AGAIN, NOTHING CONFIRMED YET FROM ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THOUGH WE DO EXPECT TO HEAR AN UPDATE FROM THEM SOON ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THIS HAPPENED, WHAT POTENTIALLY CAUSED THIS, AND IF ANYBODY NEEDED ANY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. BUT YOU CAN SEE MEDIC IS ON THE GROUND. FIRE CREWS ARE ON THE GROUND AND PEOPLE ARE MOVING AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN TO GET AWAY FROM THIS PLANE. AS FIRE CREWS WORK TO CONTAIN THE SMOKE AND THOSE FLAMES, WE WILL STAY ON TOP OF THIS BREAKING NEWS AS IT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP. BUT JUST A SCARY, SCARY SITUATION IN LIGHT OF SO MANY INSTANCES WE’VE SEEN WITH AIRLINES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. JUST A TERRIFYING SITUATION FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE HOPING TO TAKE OFF FROM ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. BUT THESE EVACUATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AT THIS VERY MOMENT. AGAIN, AS WE LOOK LIVE HERE FROM CHOPPER TWO, AS WE CONTINUE TO GET UPDATES ON THIS BREAKING NEWS, KEEP IT WITH US HERE AT WESH TWO ON THE AIR AND ONLINE. BE SURE TO TURN ON THOSE PUSH ALERTS. WE ARE TRYING TO GET ALL THE ANSWERS AS QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY AS WE CAN, AND WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED HERE. STARTING AT WESH TWO NEWS AT NOON AND ON OUR WEBSITE WESH.COM.
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Delta plane catches fire at Orlando International Airport
A Delta Air Lines flight caught fire at Orlando International Airport on Monday. Videos across social media show smoke coming from the plane as passengers perform an emergency evacuation.Passengers were removed via slides through the emergency exits.Airport officials confirmed that the flight involved was Delta Air Lines Flight 1213, scheduled to travel from Orlando to Atlanta. Details on what prompted the fire are unknown at this time.Video from passenger shows Delta jet engine catching fire in OrlandoThis is a developing story. Check back for updates.

A Delta Air Lines flight caught fire at Orlando International Airport on Monday.

Videos across social media show smoke coming from the plane as passengers perform an emergency evacuation.

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Passengers were removed via slides through the emergency exits.

Airport officials confirmed that the flight involved was Delta Air Lines Flight 1213, scheduled to travel from Orlando to Atlanta.

Details on what prompted the fire are unknown at this time.

Video from passenger shows Delta jet engine catching fire in Orlando

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.