A Frontier Airlines jet suffered a terrifying brush with fire as it landed in Las Vegas over the weekend.
The incident occurred to a flight from San Diego as the aircraft landed at Harry Reid International Airport at around 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, Frontier Airlines shared in a statement.
“As Flight 1326 was in the process of landing at LAS this afternoon … the pilots detected smoke and declared an emergency,” Frontier wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “The aircraft landed safely and all passengers and crew were evacuated via airstairs.”
In video footage obtained by CNN and ABC News, the plane looked to have flames and smoke underneath its wings and fuselage as it landed on the runway.
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No injuries were reported from the 190 passengers and seven crew onboard the plane during the incident.
The Clark Country Fire Department responded to the scene shortly after landing and the passengers were transported to their terminal by bus, per CNN.
According to airport officials, per CNN and ABC News, the plane “experienced a hard landing where basically tires blew.”
The National Transport Safety Board announced that is investigating the cause of the incident in a statement on X on Sunday, Oct. 6.
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