A Southwest company plane had to perform an emergency maneuver and land. He was heading to the city of Fort Lauderdale.
A tense situation was lived in Havana, Cuba, where a plane had to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from the local airport. According to the first information, the incident was caused by a failure caused by the impact of the aircraft with a flock of birds.
The bad moment that the passengers lived was recorded in images and videos, which went viral hours later on social networks.
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Fear in the air: plane made an emergency landing in Cuba
The event was on flight 3923, bound for Fort Lauderdale (United States). The impact with the birds caused the interior of the cabin to fill with smoke, at which time the alerts went off.
According to the version of the Southwest airlinethe birds struck one of the engines and the front of the aircraft shortly after takeoff. “The pilots returned safely to Havana where the users evacuated the plane by means of slides due to smoke in the cabin”added the company statement.
For its part, the CACSA (Cuban Aviation Corporation SA) reported that it is advancing with the investigation of what happened. ”Following the established procedure, their landing at the Havana Airport was authorized. The passengers were evacuated and are in good condition,” they explained from the entity. Now it is expected that the travelers will be placed on another flight to Fort Lauderdale.
Source: Ambito
