Fire in plane landing at Miami airport leaves three injured

Three people were slightly injured in the fire. that occurred this Tuesday afternoon on a plane from the Dominican Republic, which landed at Miami International Airport (MIA), according to Miami-Dade County firefighters.

The plane, an SRL of the Red Air airline, caught fire after making a forced landing that, according to ‘7 News Miami’, caused the fire and affected a communications tower and a small building on the runway.

Apparently, Read Air Flight 203, with 150 people and 11 crew members on board, had to make a forced landing around 5:30 pm local time due to landing gear problems.

Several county fire crews rushed to the scene and extinguished the fire.

“Firefighters have controlled the fire and are mitigating the fuel spill (…) A total of 3 people have been transported to local area hospitals,” the body said on social media.

The Miami-Dade Fire Department added that the problem with the landing gear was likely the cause of the fire.

As a result of the accident at the MIA, some flights have been delayed, so the authorities advise passengers or interested parties to contact the relevant airline.

Images from the ‘Local 10’ channel showed columns of black smoke rising from an area of ​​the MIA shortly after 5:45 p.m. local time and much of the aircraft’s fuselage and floor covered with foam that was sprayed by firefighters.

EFE