While looking out the window of a Delta Airlines flight from Edinburgh, Scotland on the way to JFK Airport in NYC, one passenger saw flames shouting out of the plane’s rear wing and recorded it on social media. Luckily, her story had a good ending.
Passengers held their breaths on Friday as the flight made an emergency landing minutes after takeoff.
The flight began its departure at 10:50 am Friday, February 10 from Edinburgh and emergency landed at the Prestwick Airport in Glasgow, Scotland just 30 minutes later.
Passengers, including several school children, were very anxious and some feared for their lives while crew members prepared for the emergency landing.
A group of secondary school children and teachers were on the flight, traveling to the US for a trip during their February vacation break.
Julie Nisbet, a passenger on the flight, spoke afterward to a news outlet, and said that the pilot announced plans to make an emergency landing, after which it sounded like the engines had been turned off.
There was an eerie silence as passengers prayed, gasped and cried. She said it felt as though they were gliding through the air. She didn’t think they would make it and was very relieved when they touched down safely.
A BBC reporter, Laura Pettigrew, was on the plane and said there was a loud engine noise as they were taking off, and it continued while they were in the air.
Pettigrew said the pilot announced that they would be landing in Glasgow, and as soon as the plane touched down, firefighters and trucks rushed toward the plane.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service officers received a call at around 11:23 am asking them to help the fire service crew.