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United States: On Monday (May 27) in America, an engine of an Airbus A320 aircraft caught fire as soon as it took off. This accident happened on a United Airlines flight at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. There were 148 passengers and 5 crew members on board the flight, who are safe.
As soon as information about the fire was received, the plane was stopped at the airport and the passengers and crew members were evacuated. Due to the accident, all flights at the airport were stopped for 45 minutes.
Airlines apologized to passengers
According to American media house Fox News, the Airport Authority has also confirmed the accident. Officials said that United Airlines flight 2091 had taken off from Chicago for Washington at around 11:30 pm Indian time on Monday night, when the accident occurred.
Now the Aviation Immigration Authority is investigating the entire matter. The airlines apologized to the passengers and arranged for another flight for them. The second flight took off 4 hours after the incident.
Apart from this, on May 25, a Spirit Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing. Flight NK270 was going from Jamaica to Florida when there was some problem with its machinery. After this an alert was issued that the plane would be landed in water. However, the pilot, with his wisdom, landed the flight back at Jamaica Airport.
