A JetBlue flight made an emergency landing at Long Beach Airport in California after losing an engine on Thursday morning. One passenger filmed the inside of the aircraft, while a movie star aboard live tweeted the incident.
A JetBlue flight made an emergency landing at Long Beach Airport in California after losing an engine on Thursday morning. One passenger filmed the inside of the aircraft, while a movie star aboard live tweeted the incident.
The Airbus A320 had taken off from the southern California airport about 15 minutes before, heading for its destination of Austin, Texas. It was over the ocean when passengers heard a loud pop.
“On September 18, the flight crew aboard flight 1416 reported an issue with the number two engine and returned to Long Beach Airport,” JetBlue officials said in a statement.
The pilots had received a warning signal that the engine was overheating, Jake Heflin of the Long Beach Fire Department told KCAL.
“There was a loud boom and then immediately the cabin filled with smoke,” said Jarrod West. “The masks didn’t drop at first.”
Source: RT
