American Airlines plane sparks, spews smoke before emergency landing in Las Vegas
The engine on Flight 1665 began smoking just moments after taking off from Harry Reid International Airport Wednesday morning, FAA officials told KLAS.
A flight from Las Vegas was forced to make an emergency landing Wednesday shortly after takeoff.
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Video obtained by the outlet shows dark smoke trailing behind the plane mid-air.
The plane, which was bound for Charlotte, North Carolina, was carrying 165 passengers.
Dark smoke was seen trailing behind the plane mid-air.
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It landed safely at the airport by 8:20 a.m. and then taxied to the terminal under its own power, Luke Nimmo, a public information officer with the airport, told KLAS
No injuries were reported.
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