Passengers evacuate Delta plane after engine fire

Passengers have been forced to evacuate a Delta plane after an engine caught fire while on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport in Florida.

Video on social media shows smoke and flames rising from the right engine, and passengers exiting the aircraft down inflatable emergency slides.

Delta flight 1213 was set to depart Orlando, famous as the home of Disneyworld, for Atlanta. There are no reports of any injuries.

"Passengers were evacuated. Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting team promptly responded," the airport said in a post on social media.

The Airbus A330 was carrying nearly 300 passengers, according to the Reuters news agency.

Video apparently taken from the terminal shows passengers waiting on the tarmac with emergency vehicles parked next to the aircraft.

The BBC has contacted Delta Air Lines for comment.

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