4 injured evacuating Delta flight in Atlanta during winter storm

Officials at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport said several people were injured when they had to evacuate a Delta Air Lines flight after the plane had a problem with its engines.

WSB reported that Delta initially said no one was hurt, but airport officials said that four people had minor injuries.

“One was transported, the remaining three were treated on scene,” officials said in a statement on social media.

The engine issue was alerted by an onboard indicator before takeoff.

“Delta’s flight crew followed established procedures to suspend the takeoff of flight 2668 from Atlanta (ATL) to Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) after an indication of an engine issue,” Delta told USA Today in a statement. “Nothing is more important than the safety of our people and customers, and we apologize to our customers for their experience. We are working to support our customers and get them to their destinations as safely and quickly as possible.”

Delta did not say what the issue was, CNN reported. All the Federal Aviation Administration said was it was a “reported engine issue” and that it was investigating. The National Transportation Safety Board is monitoring the event but not officially investigating.

Once passengers were off the plane, they had to wait on the tarmac one woman said.

“This is crazy, so now we’re all standing out here, in Atlanta. We’re standing out here in the snow,” Allison Wade said in a video, according to CNN.

The flight had about 200 passengers on board, plus two pilots and five flight attendants who were evacuated from the aircraft by emergency slides around 9:10 a.m. Friday. They were taken back to the terminal.

The snowstorm canceled or delayed hundreds of flights at Hartsfield-Jackson on Friday and was under a ground stop for part of the day, according to FlightAware, CNN and WSB.

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