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Frontier Airlines plane made a fiery landing at Las Vegas airport
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Frontier Airlines plane made a fiery landing at Las Vegas airport

A Frontier Airlines plane flying from San Diego to Las Vegas was captured on camera as it landed with flames and smoke shooting from its undercarriage.

Frontier Flight 1326 left San Diego International on time at 1:51 p.m. Saturday, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. The Airbus A321neo landed at Harry Reid International Airport 37 minutes late, at 3:37 p.m.

“It caught me off guard,” said X user @TylerHerrick, who posted the video on social media. “Firefighters have sprayed the plane with foam, according to @liveatc they will evacuate via stairs (without blowing up slides).”

Frontier reported to X that pilots detected smoke during landing and declared a state of emergency.

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Close-up of Frontier flames

A close-up view of the flames and smoke captured during video footage from a Frontier Airlines plane that landed in Las Vegas on October 5, 2024. (@TylerHerrick via / Verhaalvol)

“The aircraft landed safely and all passengers and crew were evacuated via airstairs,” Frontier said in a statement. “No injuries were reported and the passengers were bused to the terminal. There were a total of 190 passengers and seven crew on board.”

The airline added that the cause of the fire was under investigation.

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Frontier Airlines Flight 1326

Frontier Airlines Flight 1326 flew from San Diego to Las Vegas on October 5, 2024. (@TylerHerrick via / Verhaalvol)

Frontier made headlines in August when video surfaced of a woman getting into a fight with airline employees, even going so far as to throw computer equipment at them in Chicago.

The 31-year-old suspect was captured on video in a staff area behind a check-in desk, engaging in a verbal altercation with two women, aged 24 and 40, before knocking over several items on a desk.

Frontier Airlines flight catches fire while landing in Vegas

Frontier Airlines said in a statement on X that the cause of the fire was under investigation. (@TylerHerrick via / Verhaalvol)

The traveler who noticed everything told Storyful that the woman “lost it” after missing her flight.

Earlier that same month, a Frontier Airlines pilot was arrested, resulting in a flight cancellation at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, authorities confirmed to Storyful. The pilot, identified by Houston police as 45-year-old Seymour Walker, was wanted on a family violence warrant.

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A video taken by one of the passengers showed Walker being escorted off the plane by three officers as he was led in handcuffs to a patrol car. He was taken into custody before passengers boarded Flight 3195 bound for Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.