A plane from the American company Southwest made an emergency landing on Sunday, without causing injuries, shortly after taking off from Havana airport, after an incident on one of its engines, announced the Aviation Corporation Cuban (Cacsa).
A video posted on Twitter by a passenger shows the nerve-wracking moments leading up to the emergency landing, as smoke billowed across the plane.
Around, cries can be heard, as well as crying children.
The aircraft, whose number of passengers has not been specified, was on a flight between the Cuban capital and Fort Lauderdale in Florida, in the southern United States.
“The Southwest airline’s Boeing 737 (SWA 3923) bound for Fort Lauderdale detected failures in one of its engines during the take-off process,” said Cacsa, which manages the sector, on its Facebook page. aviation in Cuba.
The incident took place at 12:05 local time (17:05 GMT).
“Following established procedure, it (the plane) was cleared to land at Havana airport. The passengers were evacuated and are in good health. The causes of the incident are under investigation,” added the Cacsa.