Videos Show Flames From Engine of Plane That Returned to Houston Airport After Takeoff

Flames shoot out of an engine of a plane mid-air between Houston and Cancun, Mexico, on Aug. 15, 2023, in a still from video. Ricardo Garcia/Bon Voyaged/TMX via AP/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

HOUSTON—A Southwest Airlines plane that had flames shooting out of an engine returned to a Houston airport about 30 minutes after takeoff this week.

The Boeing 737 had been bound for Cancun International Airport in Mexico on Tuesday but returned to William P. Hobby Airport. Videos showed the flames coming from one of its engines.