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Flight from San Diego catches fire during emergency landing in Las Vegas – NBC 7 San Diego
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Flight from San Diego catches fire during emergency landing in Las Vegas – NBC 7 San Diego

Aviation officials have launched an investigation after a flight from San Diego caught fire during an emergency landing in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon.

Frontier Airlines Flight 1326 made a hard landing at Harry Reid International Airport, its scheduled arrival point, around 4:20 p.m. after the plane’s pilots reported smoke in the cockpit, the airline said in a statement.

Investigators said radio calls went out and tower officials said there was no communication with the pilot during the emergency landing.

Passengers told TODAY there was severe turbulence as the Airbus 321 approached the runway.

“We landed and it was so hard. I felt it through my body, and she felt it too,” passenger Lucas Shook told TODAY. “And just seconds after that I told her, I think it’s on fire. And then I saw the flame. I thought, yeah, our plane is on fire.”

Video shared on social media shows flames pouring from the plane upon arrival. Once stopped on the tarmac, firefighters extinguished the plane as passengers waited on board for nearly an hour without air conditioning, they said.

The passengers were evacuated via air stairs and taken to the terminal by buses. As the passengers evacuated, they said they saw a tire had blown out.

No one was injured, according to Frontier Airlines.

The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Agency are investigating the incident.