A plane carrying 126 people caught fire after landing at Miami International Airport on Tuesday.
Red Air Flight 203 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, had landed around 5:30 p.m. .
The MD-82 plane was carrying 126 people, and three were taken to hospital with minor injuries, authorities said.
Passengers on a Red Air flight described the fear and excitement as the plane caught fire at Miami International Airport. Ryan Nelson of NBC 6 reports
The plane caught fire but was quickly extinguished, authorities said.
Images of the scene showed the plane with its belly sprinkled with foam by fire trucks. Photos and videos posted on social media showed passengers walking nearby on the runway.
The airport was experiencing some flight delays on Tuesday evening, airport officials said in a tweet, adding that passengers had to check details with the airlines. The tweet added that the collapse of the front landing gear in the nose of the plane appeared to be the cause of the fire.
#NEW: Video shared with @ nbc6 by Red Air Flight 203 passenger as he escaped the burning plane. Three people were injured.
Investigators say the landing gear collapsed when the plane landed at Miami International Airport. #Miami pic.twitter.com/LRHI3cGYdL
– Ryan Nelson (@RyanNelsonTV) June 22, 2022
Passengers were being transported from the plane to the terminal.
No other information was known immediately.
The National Transportation Safety Board announced that a team would arrive at the airport on Wednesday to investigate the fire.
The viewer’s video shows a Red Air plane set on fire at Miami International Airport on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.