Engine Fire Forces Emergency Plane Landing

A Boeing 737 turned off its engines and glided back down to safety on Thursday.

By: Emily Forrester | WKRG-TV
Published: February 13, 2009

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Officials say a Southwest jetliner returned to
Las Vegas after flames were spotted coming from one of its engines.
Paul Flaningan, a Southwest Airlines Inc. spokesman, says the
pilot of the Boeing 737 turned off the engine and landed Thursday
at McCarran International Airport. Flight 273 was bound for
MacArthur Airport in New York's Long Island.
McCarran spokesman Chris Jones says the plane taxied to a
terminal under its own power. He says the plane was airborne for
about 20 minutes.
Flaningan says none of the 116 passengers was injured.
A Southwest flight last week landed safely in Las Vegas after
passengers smelled an odor created by an electrical problem.

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