Flames and Smoke Seen Under Frontier Plane During 'Hard Landing' in Las Vegas: 'Tires Blew'

Mar. 15, 2025

A Frontier Airlines jet suffered a terrifying brush with fire as it landed in Las Vegas over the weekend.

The incident occurred to a flight from San Diego as the aircraft landed at Harry Reid International Airport at around 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, Frontier Airlines shared in astatement.

“As Flight 1326 was in the process of landing at LAS this afternoon … the pilots detected smoke and declared an emergency," Frontier wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “The aircraft landed safely and all passengers and crew were evacuated via airstairs.”

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A Frontier Airlines plane caught fire after landing in Las Vegas on Oct. 6.Kevin Carter/Getty

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No injuries were reported from the 190 passengers and seven crew onboard the plane during the incident.

According to airport officials, per CNN and ABC News, the plane “experienced a hard landing where basically tires blew.”

A Frontier Airlines aircraft.Kevin Carter/Getty

The National Transport Safety Board announced that is investigating the cause of the incident in astatementon X on Sunday, Oct. 6.

PEOPLE has reached out to the Harry Reid International Airport for further comment.

source: people.com