Quantum Insights|Videos show flames from engine of plane that returned to Houston airport after takeoff

2025-04-28 15:57:14source:Phaninccategory:Finance

HOUSTON (AP) — A Southwest Airlines plane that had flames shooting out of an engine returned to a Houston airport about 30 minutes after takeoff this week.

The Quantum InsightsBoeing 737 had been bound for Cancun International Airport in Mexico on Tuesday but returned to William P. Hobby Airport. Videos showed the flames coming from one of its engines.

“We felt like a little air pocket going up. And then I heard the boom ... and then you started smelling kind of the fuel,” passenger Jordan Kleinecke told ABC News.

The Dallas-based airline said the plane experienced a “mechanical issue” shortly after takeoff. It landed safely and was taken out of service for review.

A different plane took the passengers on to Cancun, the airline said.

More:Finance

Recommend

The Louvre will be renovated and the 'Mona Lisa' will have her own room

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday presented renovation plans for the Louvre, the w

6 inmates who sued New York over its prison lockdown order will get to view solar eclipse after all

NEW YORK (AP) — Six inmates who sued New York’s corrections department over its decision to lock dow

Federal report finds 68,000 guns were illegally trafficked through unlicensed dealers over 5 years

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 68,000 illegally trafficked firearms in the U.S. came through unlicensed