A plane engine fire at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport has reopened after a plane engine caught fire, prompting a temporarily closure.
United Airlines Flight 1579 from Newark to San Francisco was scheduled to take off Tuesday night when officials say its engine caught fire.
A spokesman for United, Jonathan Guerin, says the tower notified the crew of what appeared to be flames from one of the engines.
There were reports of five minor injuries, according to a statement posted on the airport’s official Twitter account, with delays expected to persist through the night.
The airport is a major international hub near New York City.
‘Newark Airport is temporarily closed due to deployment of emergency chutes on a plane with an apparent engine fire,’ an earlier post on the airport’s official Twitter account had said.
Flight 1579 was scheduled to take off at 9.22pm. The airline said it was working to get passengers to San Francisco as soon as possible after the delay.
A passenger posted video of the plane on the tarmac surrounded by vehicles with flashing lights.
‘Just had to evacuate my @united flight using the slide,’ the user tweeted using the handle @lo_toney.
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