Passengers experienced some frightening moments aboard a Southwest Airlines flight when bursts of flame and smoke began shooting out of the right side jet engine.
Air crews confirm it happened after takeoff on Tuesday in the skies over Houston as the plane headed to Cancun.
The airline says Southwest Flight 307 went back to the airport for"inspection of a possible mechanical issue." According to flight tracking website Flight-Aware, the plane wasn't even in flight for a half hour. It only clocked in at about 27 minutes before turning around and returning to Houston.The inconvenienced passengers were boarded on a different aircraft to Cancun.Caleb Fernández is a digital content producer for KGUN 9.
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