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Two Injured After False Fire on Delta Airlines Plane at ATL

by Amy Judd | November 7, 2009 at 03:19 pm

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Two passengers were injured today when a false fire was reported on a Delta Airlines flight 1016 going from Atlanta to Philadelphia taxiing for takeoff at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The flight was carrying 138 passengers and five crew.

The flight was getting ready for takeoff just after 3pm local time and the MD-80 aircraft was going down the runway and there were reports of flames coming out of the engine and fire trucks were called.

Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration, told BNO News that two passengers sustained minor injuries during the evacuation. Bergen said a fire was indicated when the pilot started the number two engine and passengers then evacuated the aircraft via the chutes. "A later report said no fire was detected," she said.

The passengers are scheduled to be on another flight at 6:30pm. An investigation is underway.

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Mritunjay

at 16:43 on November 7th, 2009

I am scared of these guys now! I am scheduled to fly on a long haul flight on a Delta very soon! Extra miles, false alarm....what next!?

Amy Judd

at 16:48 on November 7th, 2009

Well I hope these things are the exception and not the norm!

Mritunjay

at 16:51 on November 7th, 2009

Me too! :)

James lewis (not verified)

at 18:51 on November 8th, 2009

I was on another Delta plane flying to Miami I saw the plane with the chutes and trucks coming out. It delayed our flight by 30 min (I am talking about take of) We left the gate more or less on time. It's scary, and I read that there was another incident just 10 days ago at Atlanta when a plane landed on a takiway instead of the runway.

James lewis (not verified)

at 18:56 on November 8th, 2009

Correction to post. The line "I was on another Delta plane flying to Miami I saw the plane with the chutes and trucks coming out," should read "I was on another Delta plane on the taxiway flying to Miam. I saw the plane with the emergency chutes coming out of it and the emergency trucks by the plane,"