A Delta Air Lines flight heading from Alaska to Georgia had to make an emergency stop at the Seattle airport early Thursday after one of its engines caught fire, officials said.
Airport spokesman Perry Cooper says Flight 2469 landed at 2:24 a.m. Thursday, but the fire was out before the Boeing 767-300 touched down.
There were no reported injuries.
Cooper says the pilots were able to get the problem resolved in the air. Cooper says they reported a fire in the No. 2 engine but said they shut the engine down and put out the blaze with the cold air.
Fire crews stood by when the plane landed, but they were not needed.
Delta spokesman Morgan Durrant says the problem appeared to be an engine surge, which is rare. When the surge happens, the air and fuel mixture in the engine produces a flame that shoots out the back. The flight crew followed procedures and throttled back the engine and landed at the nearest airport, which was Seattle.
Durrant says the 255 passengers who had been headed to Atlanta were rescheduled on flights Thursday morning.
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