Plane Crash Philadelphia International Airport

Oct 13, 2023

A U.S. Airways jet at Philadelphia International Airport had to abort its takeoff around 6:30 p.m. Thursday after a tire blew and its front landing gear failed, ABC News is reporting.

"Initial reports indicate Flight 1702 from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale blew a tire on takeoff and the pilot elected to abort takeoff," a U.S. Airways spokesperson said in a statement to ABC Local. "The plane was briefly in the air before turning back."

The aircraft was an Airbus A320, U.S. Air Flight 1702, which was headed to Fort Lauderdale, Fla with 149 passengers and five crew members, Boston Herald reports.

An airport spokesperson told CBS that emergency crews responded to the scene, and all passengers were evacuated from the plane without any serious injuries reported.

The airport issued a ground stop for all air traffic until the plane could be removed from the runway, Philly.com reports. After a few hours, three of the airport's four runways were reopened, while the runway where the incident occurred remained closed.

Here's some photos and video from the scene:

so my plane just crashed... pic.twitter.com/X51BLwa5PS

so yup pic.twitter.com/2WuLUWzpND

I can't with any more planes! RT @jonathanwald: US Airways jet, apparently front landing gear issue at PHL. pic.twitter.com/o7iIXeF9qr