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Spirit Airlines landing gear catches fire on landing in Atlanta

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Old 10th Jul 2022, 19:20
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Spirit Airlines landing gear catches fire on landing in Atlanta
https://www.khou.com/article/news/lo...2-ac6ff4a8e34d

“According to airport officials, the landing gear of the plane caught fire around 9:25 a.m. Atlanta Fire Rescue was able to put out the fire and it was towed to the gate.”
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link worked for me. Interesting videos from a couple of different individuals. First One showed some good flames coming out from under the wing, second showed the tires burning.
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Me too but with my VPN service that put me in the USA I could see the link.
The flame s only lasted for a few seconds .

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A minor event:



The passengers were interested in what was going on (but they sat down again when instructed to do so):


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