Engine fire breaks out on Asiana flight after landing at JFK Airport

Friday, June 24, 2016
JAMAICA, Queens (WABC) -- Flames broke out on a jumbo jet soon after it landed at JFK Airport.

The Asiana flight from Seoul, South Korea landed shortly before noon on Friday morning.
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After all the passengers disembarked, mechanics were attending to the airbus A-380 when a fire ignited in one of the engines. Firefighters responded and extinguished the flames.

There is no word yet on what may have caused the fire.
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