Yesterday was hardly just another day of commuting by air for the passengers of Frontier Airlines flight 1326 who were traveling from Phoenix to Las Vegas. The flight had reportedly made the trip without incident until they were preparing to touch down at Harry Reid International Airport. At that point, the pilots reported smelling smoke coming from the interior of the aircraft. Horrified passengers looking out the windows reported seeing clouds of billowing smoke coming from the underside of the plane just as it was touching down on the runway. It quickly became obvious that the underside of the plane had erupted in fire. The pilots declared an emergency and taxied toward their scheduled landing area, where the flames were extinguished and the passengers were evacuated from the plane using emergency exits. Thankfully, no injuries were reported. (NY Post)
A plane burst into flames…
