A Southwest Airlines flight was forced to turn back for an emergency landing after hitting birds and suffering engine trouble in an incident that saw the cabin fill up with smoke.
was forced to turn back to Havana for an emergency landing Sunday after hitting birds and suffering engine trouble in an incident that saw the cabin fill up with smoke, airline and Cuban officials said.
Pilots detected an issue with one of the plane's engines following the bird strike, Cuba’s civil aviation authority, Cuban Aviation Corporation S.A., said. The airline did not immediately confirm the engine trouble. "Nobody could breathe. It was burning so much in the lungs," one passenger, Marco Antonio, said on NBC's"Early TODAY" show."People were just screaming. Kids were screaming," he said.Pilots were able to land the plane safely in Havana and passengers had to evacuate the aircraft using airplane slides due to the smoke spotted in the cabin, the airline spokesperson said.
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