BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — A Spirit Airlines flight traveling to Orlando, Florida had to return to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for an emergency landing Sunday night.
Initial reports indicated the plane had to land back at MSP because of an engine fire, but Spirit Airlines confirmed that wasn't the case. The airline said an indication light came on during the flight, and crew followed protocol to return to MSP. Spirit did not specify the type of indication light.
The flight, which took off at 7:15 p.m., landed back at MSP around 7:50 p.m.
After being delayed for several hours, a replacement plane took passengers to Orlando, which landed in Florida just after 2:30 a.m. EST (1:30 a.m. CT), according to FlightAware.
Video shared on Twitter by Levi Johnson caught the moment the Spirit plane landed at MSP to a crowd of emergency vehicles and EMS.
The impacted Spirit plane will stay at MSP for maintenance.
No injuries were reported.
