Media: A passenger plane in Houston, USA evacuated passengers before takeoff

Moscow, Russia – CNN reported, citing the airline, that a plane at Houston Airport in the United States evacuated passengers and crew before taking off.

The report stated: “All 104 passengers and 5 crew members were evacuated.”

It is reported that no information has been received about injuries.

The Houston Fire Department posted on social media X that it learned that an airplane had a problem on the runway during takeoff, and firefighters immediately rushed to the scene to provide support.

Some users on social media posted videos showing smoke coming out of the plane’s engine.

Two plane crashes have occurred in the United States in recent days. On the evening of January 30, at Ronald Reagan Washington International Airport, an American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional airliner collided with a Sikorsky H-60 ​​(Black Hawk) military helicopter during landing . There were 60 passengers and 4 crew members on the plane, and 3 people on the helicopter. This is the largest plane crash in the United States in 15 years.

U.S. President Donald Trump said there were no survivors from the crash, which had included Russian citizens on board. Trump expressed condolences for the deaths of Russian citizens and pledged to help repatriate their remains.

Another plane crash occurred in Philadelphia on the afternoon of January 31, when a Learjet 55 was flying from Philadelphia Northeast Airport to an airport in Missouri. It crashed shortly after takeoff. There were six people on board. According to the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they were all Mexican citizens. Mexican President Sheinbaum said they were all killed.

Shai Gold, a representative of Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, which operated the plane, said the plane was transporting a girl who was flying to the United States for life-saving treatment and was supposed to return to Mexico. The company earlier confirmed that the plane was a medical charter flight with four crew members, a child and an accompanying person on board.

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