“Three explosions were felt and in the air the plane began to release black smoke from one of the turbines,” this is how a resident of the Calabazar neighborhood in Havana describes what happened after noon this Sunday with a Southwest flight Airlines that he was forced to return to the José Martí International Airport a few minutes after taking off.
“It looked like it was going to fall on us, but it turned around and re-entered the track,” the witness explained to 14 intervene. Another resident in the El Globo area, also close to the airport, described a similar scene: “The explosions were heard and we saw the plane turn around to return to the airport.”
An airport source confirmed to this newspaper that the aircraft had landed in the area of the runway closest to Terminal 3, although it had initially departed from Terminal 2. “Firefighters and ambulances arrived but no details are yet known, the entire place is cordoned off “, Add.
On Rancho Boyeros avenue, which connects to the airport, the sirens of ambulances and fire trucks were heard for several minutes.
According to the records of the air terminal, at 11:55 a.m. from Havana, flight WN3923 was scheduled to depart for Fort Lauderdale. Arrival in the US was scheduled for 1:10 p.m.
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