A United Airlines plane reportedly caught an engine fire after taking off from Los Angeles International Airport on Monday, forcing the pilot to turn around and make an emergency landing.
At around 11:20 a.m. local time, United Flight 2127 bound for Newark Liberty International Airport returned to Los Angeles International Airport. The pilot shut down one of the two engines after receiving a fire alarm.
“We are still getting signs of fire so we need to evacuate,” one pilot told airport firefighters via a radio signal captured by the LiveATC.net website.
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner was carrying 256 passengers and 12 United Airlines crew members.
The plane was parked on a taxiway near the runway, and passengers were evacuated down slides and moving stairs across the tarmac and past other planes.
“People will come out on the right side, towards the side of the runway. We’d rather stay here and let people go,” another pilot said. “We had another indication, which turned out to be a fire on the left engine.”
The pilot told firefighters they deployed two fire extinguishers built into the left engine, but still received a fire warning indication.
“Come this way! Jump, slide!” a passenger’s video showed the flight attendant shouting loudly. “Get off the plane! Leave all your luggage behind!”
The airline said in a statement that no one was injured and the passengers were taken to the terminal and another plane was sent to take them to Newark.
Flights to Los Angeles International Airport were delayed and one of the runways was temporarily closed, the airport said in a statement.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating what happened.
CNN’s Sharif Paget contributed to this report.
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