US plane returns due to engine fire
2025-04-18 12:45:29

At around 11:15 local time on April 17, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 flying from Houston to Los Cabos, Mexico, was forced to return to Houston Airport shortly after takeoff due to an engine fire. The 134 passengers on board were evacuated. It is said that no one was injured in the incident. According to US media reports, after the plane returned and landed, firefighters put out the fire in the engine and a small patch of grass near the runway. The cause of the engine fire is currently under investigation. Recently, there have been many passenger plane engine fire accidents in the United States.
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