Plane passengers about to take off in the United States had to evacuate emergency: video

This Sunday, February 2, 2025, an incident was reported with a plane that I was about to take off at the George Bush intercontinental airport, in Houston (Texas).

A flight of United Airlines that was scheduled to cover the route Houston – Nueva York, He was evacuated emergency after the report of a technical problem in one of his engines, minutes before taking off.

“Flight crew 1382 de United Airlines He aborted without problems take off from the intercontinental airport George Bush/Houston in Texas due to a problem with the engine, as reported, around 8:35 am, local time on Sunday, February 2. The passengers landed on the track and were transferred by bus to the terminal. He Airbus A319 It flew to La Guardia airport in New York. FAA will investigate, ”said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in a press release.

The Houston Fire Department made a presence at the airport to attend the emergency and support the safe landing of passengers and aircraft crew.

“HFD airport rescue firefighters are helping at Bush airport, after a plane that took off reporting a problem on the track. The HFD (Houston Fire Department) helped to disembark the plane. They have not been reported injured So far, ”said Houston Fire Department in his X account.

Although the situation generated panic in travelers who were already uploaded on the plane and ready for takeoff, the authorities confirmed that the 104 passengers And, in addition, the five members The crew managed to evacuate the aircraft successfully and did not present any wound.

The entire process was carried out through the emergency evacuation protocol arranged for these types of cases. People descended from the plane through Toobaganes and stairs.

According to a spokesman for United Airlines, quoted by CNN, the airline relocated the passengers affected on a flight this afternoon.

United States Secretary of the United States claims to have a plan

The Secretary of Transportation of the United States, Sean Duffysaid Sunday having a “plan” to improve the level of aerial personnel after the two plane accidents that occurred this week in the country, which have left more than 70 deaths together.

“We have a plan that will come out and fix the problem. But the matter is that you cannot squeeze a button and have air controllers tomorrow, take years,” Duffy said in an interview in Fox New Sunday, in which he acknowledged that The staff is scarce and “overloaded.”

Duffy validated the preliminary conclusions of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) On the accident last Wednesday in Washington between a military helicopter and a commercial plane, which points out that the endowment of drivers “was not normal” at the time of the incident.

However, he questioned that they “consolidate” tasks before the last Wednesday and their respect for FAA’s regulations, in addition to asking why the military helicopter performed a night mission with a lot of traffic, and referred to the ongoing investigation.

In that sense, he said to be working with FAA to train new controllers, since they are required to retire at 55, in addition to that problem, he pointed to the “bottlenecks” that the pandemic caused in obtaining experience and policies and policies and policies of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

“You cannot focus on the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) when you try to hire aerial controllers, you take care of the best and brightest,” he said, echoing the controversial words of President Donald Trump, which he attributed to those Policies, without evidence, the cause of the accident.

Duffy also said that last night there was a technical failure in a system used by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Notam, and defended that it is “outdated” and “needs an update.”

In spite of everything, he defended that United States “has the safer airspace in the world”.

The National Transport Security Board (NTSB) has recovered and investigates the black boxes of the plane and the military helicopter that collided on Wednesday in Washington, the first with 64 passengers on board and the second with 3, and that fell to the Potomac River .

This Sunday continues the recovery tasks of the bodies in the river, 42 so far.

Two days after that accident a medicalized plane crashed in Philadelphia and left 7 deaths, the 6 passengers and another person who was on land, a tragedy that the authorities also investigate.