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Delta Airline Passenger Captured Terrifying Moment -Flight Evacuated After Smoke Pours From Engines Before Take-Off

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A Delta Air Lines flight from San Francisco to Detroit had to disembark passengers after plumes of smoke were seen pouring from one of its engines prior to take-off. The flight, which was due to depart San Francisco on Sunday evening, was aborted following the discovery and frightened passengers were evacuated from the plane. (www.aviationrepublic.com) More...

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RRKen
Why would they be terrified?? They were still on the ground for goodness sakes.

I hate modern Journalists with their panic sounding headlines. Is that what they teach in colleges of late? Are they afraid of their own shadow?
MultiComm
MultiComm 4
Eh ... you weren’t there. An engine on fire can easily turn into a massive blaze or explosion. Not completely sure but it kinda looks like it might have been a RTO.

I agree the media often over sensationalizes things but the important part is the crew all did an excellent job of handling the situation.
ToddBaldwin3
ToddBaldwin3 2
They did RTO due to an engine fire warning and asked for fire services. Tower did reply that they saw smoke from the engine.
Fuhndhu
Fuhndhu 3
Ever been in a fire ? On the ground or anywhere else... like the confined space of an aircraft cabin. Obviously not. Fires usually start with smoke. I agree with Spencer McLennan and not all you journalist bashers.
TorstenHoff
Torsten Hoff 1
They have to get clicks and generate ad impressions...
bentwing60
bentwing60 1
They are afraid that if they don't overplay it their editor will cut it and they will be short a credit. Blame the lunacy of the 24/7 news cycle and AD clicks. And in my book, the completely self discredited media.
bbabis
bbabis 1
Agreed. A nothing story. It would have been better to headline, "sometimes things go wrong at the right time." The story doesn't say, but I assume all the terrified passengers were happy to jump on the next plane and complete their trips.
mikehe
Thinking back to the blown GE90 on the BA2276 - the 777 at Las Vegas a few years back - the wind direction (blowing smoke towards the plane is clearly an obstacle to safe evacuation. But all credit to the aircrew and cabin crew, because the re-written headline could be "airliner fails on ground; everyone was evacuated successfully".

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