Delta Airlines plane with smoke billowing from engine abandons takeoff at Las Vegas airport

A Delta Airlines plane was forced to abandon takeoff at a Las Vegas airport after smoke billowed from its engine as it taxied down the runway.

The Atlanta-bound DL777 was delayed for several hours at Harry Reid International Airport on Monday when “engine problems” were discovered.

Video from the plane shows heavy clouds of black fumes being emitted from the underside of the Airbus A330 as it sat in the middle of the runway.

No injuries were reported among the 291 passengers on board and nine crew members.

‘It looks like it’s coming from the engine. It’s on fire,” a man is heard saying on an audio recording of the scene.

Emergency inspection crews arrived on scene to examine the aircraft when it was determined that ignited fuel had been emitted from the engine, causing the problem.

A Delta spokesperson later confirmed that the plane encountered the problem when it accelerated before takeoff.

“Emergency personnel inspected the aircraft on the runway and determined that the ignited fuel exited the engine as designed. The aircraft will undergo inspection and maintenance,” Delta told the New York Post.

The airlines also said they were working to reaccommodate passengers so they could reach their destinations.

According to Flight radar24the plane finally landed in Atlanta at 3:23 a.m. today.

Airport officials soon arrived on scene to inspect the aircraft and determined that the ignited fuel was leaving the engine as designed – causing the problem

A Delta spokesperson later confirmed that the plane encountered the problem because it was “accelerating prior to takeoff.”

This comes less than a month after footage posted to social media showed the moment a Frontier Airlines plane caught fire as it landed at a major airport.

Tyler Herrick’s video shows the undercarriage of Flight 1326 engulfed in flames as it landed at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada from San Diego, California on Saturday.

Smoke was seen coming from the plane as it drove off the runway and made a turn.

The video showed Clark County firefighters standing by and spraying foam before the plane reached the gate.

No injuries were reported and all passengers on board were transported safely to the gate, an airport spokeswoman told DailyMail.com.

A Frontier spokeswoman explained that the flight was landing at Harry Reid International Airport when “the pilots detected smoke and declared an emergency.”

The plane then “made a hard landing” as it touched down in Las Vegas, sparking the flames.

A Frontier plane caught fire Saturday as it landed at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada

Days after the incident, three passengers who were aboard the fiery plane filed a lawsuit against Frontier Airlines, claiming they suffered injuries as a result of the accident.

Eddie Frierson, Alberto Cardoso and Ana Figueroa-Cueva were on Frontier Flight 1326 from San Diego, California to Las Vegas when they were traumatized by their landing experience, the lawsuit said.

According to 8NewsNowthe three claim they were “stranded in the sweltering, smoke-filled plane for almost an hour before being evacuated.”

Additionally, the group claims the plane made a “violent emergency landing” at Harry Reid International Airport without warning.

The impact of the reported crash was so strong that the tires exploded, the landing gear fell and the plane caught fire, the documents said.

They believe that this incident is the result of the airline’s failure to properly repair, inspect, maintain and operate its aircraft with reasonable safety standards.

The injuries and damage caused or expected to have cost the group approximately $30,000.

A Frontier spokeswoman explained that the flight was in the process of landing at Harry Reid International Airport when “the pilots detected smoke and declared an emergency.”

According to a preliminary report released Monday by the National Transportation Safety Board, the plane’s electrical system malfunctioned, the autopilot stopped and some radio communications were disrupted at the time of the incident.

Investigators said the crew members detected fumes from burning rubber, a chemical or light smoke, the flight crew put on oxygen masks and declared a state of emergency about 19 minutes before the plane landed.

Displays, radio and transponders stopped functioning while the pilot and co-pilot performed emergency procedures.

The report also specified that none of the 190 passengers and seven crew members were injured.