'Thought it was the end': Delta Airlines plane filled with smoke mid-flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles

A Delta flight from Atlanta, Georgia to Los Angeles, California, made an emergency landing in Albuquerque, New Mexico after smoke filled the cabin. The edition told in more detail Daily Mail.

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Video filmed on board shows the cabin filling with smoke from the front, with the passenger, aka podcast host Gary Vaughn, saying he can only see "a few rows" in front of him.

“I knew something catastrophic had happened,” he explained on his podcast. “Everyone was crying and screaming, everyone thought the engines had died. There was no turbulence, there was nothing.”

The pilot informed the passengers that the airliner had "lost oil pressure in the right engine", causing it to "lose all power".

Throughout the process, four flight attendants handed out water to passengers, Vaughn said.

“The pilot was in complete control of the plane. I don't think he ever lost control of a plane," the host said.

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“People were screaming and crying because they thought this was the end,” he said. - It was painful. Everything happened exactly like in a scary movie.

Another passenger, Mason Weiner, tweeted that the smoke came from "burnt oil" in the engine. Rainy Raines, also on the same flight, cited a crew statement as saying that the engine ran out of oil and the plane began to “lose altitude.”

According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) public relations officer Donnell Evans, the pilots were able to land safely at Albuquerque International Port.

“The crew was great and made everything as smooth as possible during the emergency landing in Albuquerque,” ​​Weiner wrote.

Various videos posted on the internet show an eerie-looking interior filled with smoke.

While the passengers were seated, the emergency alarm went off constantly.

As the plane touched down on the runway, in Vaughn's video, a crew member can be heard telling passengers to "don't unfasten your seatbelts" as fire crews checked the airliner before it taxied to the gate.

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Rainey elaborated that the plane filled with smoke as they flew over Texas.

“The plane just filled with smoke inside,” she wrote on the social network. What can you do at 36 feet (000 km) in a smoking plane? Just sit back and pray for the best."

“It was scary, I was terrified. This was the second most terrible event in my life, ”concluded Rainey.

The plane landed safely and journalist Mark Johnson posted a video thanking the pilots for getting them to Albuquerque.

The FAA is currently investigating the incident, and 193 passengers have been redirected to Los Angeles for a later flight.

Delta Airlines said: "There is nothing more important than the safety of our customers and crew."

The company's maintenance technicians understand the malfunction of the aircraft.

“Delta has done a great job,” Vaughn said. “I think all the crew members were great, they put everyone at ease.”

Delta did offer them a $150 flight credit, Vaughn says, but he says that's not enough after the experience all passengers have gone through.

“When I watch disaster movies now, I get terrified again,” he laments. “It was crazy.”

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