Terrifying footage posted to social media caught the moment a Frontier Airlines plane caught fire as it landed at a major airport.
The video posted by Tyler Herrick shows flight 1326’s undercarriage going up in flames as it touched down at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada from San Diego, California on Saturday.
Smoke started billowing from the aircraft as it continued down the runway and made a turn.
Fortunately, the video showed, Clark County firefighters were already at the scene and started spraying foam before the aircraft made it to the gate.
No injuries were reported, and all of the passengers onboard were safely transported to the gate area, a spokeswoman for the airport told DailyMail.com.
A Frontier airplane caught fire as it landed at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday
A spokeswoman for Frontier explained that the flight was in the process of landing at Harry Reid International Airport when ‘the pilots detected smoke and declared an emergency’
A spokeswoman for Frontier explained that the flight was in the process of landing at Harry Reid International Airport when ‘the pilots detected smoke and declared an emergency.’
The plane then ‘experienced a hard landing’ as it touched down in Las Vegas, sparking the flames.
All passengers and crew members were then evacuated from the aircraft.
The cause of the incident is now under investigation.