Passenger jet engine shoots out flames before takeoff

Flames gushed out of the engine of a passenger jet as it was preparing to take off in Peru.

Passengers on board the Latam Airlines flight from Lima to Piura were evacuated after the incident today, which saw the engine turn into a flamethrower.

Footage shows orange flames and thick smoke shooting out of the left engine of the Airbus A320 aircraft.

One passenger filmed the large flames billowing from the engine through the plane window, with smoke flaring against the cabin window.

No injuries were reported and passengers were safely evacuated while the emergency crews responded.

The airline said the plane experienced an ‘unexpected technical event’ before departure, Air Data News reports.

It said all passengers disembarked as a precaution with ‘their safety remaining the top priority.’

The cause of the fire has not been revealed.

The airline said affected passengers were given assistance, including booking them on the next available flights.

Elsewhere, an Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Austria declared a mid-air emergency after a suspected bomb threat.

The flight OS82 was over Romania when the incident was declared, forcing it to divert to Sofia, Bulgaria.

The incident comes weeks after a Flydubai pilot attempted to hijack a plane after attacking his co-pilot last month.

Captain Smit ‌Machchhar was hailed a hero after foiling the attack despite being seriously injured in the hit.

Machchhar managed to reach for the doorknob and allow passengers to rush into the cockpit to subdue co-pilot Hammam al-Hammami, who allegedly attempted to hijack and crash the jet.

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