Passengers were on Monday forced to evacuate a Delta aircraft after an engine caught fire while on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport in Florida.
Video posted to social media shows smoke and flames rising from the right engine and passengers exiting the aircraft down inflatable emergency slides.
Delta Flight 1213 was set to depart Orlando for Atlanta with almost 300 people on board.
There are no reports of any injuries.
Delta said in a statement to the BBC's U.S. partner CBS News that the Airbus A330 was carrying 282 passengers, 10 flight attendants and two pilots.
The airline said crews evacuated the cabin when flames were seen in part of one of the plane's two main engines.
Video apparently taken from the terminal shows passengers waiting on the tarmac with emergency vehicles parked next to the aircraft.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it will investigate the incident.
There have been several high-profile aviation incidents in North America since the start of the year.
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