NEW ORLEANS — Reports came into the newsroom Friday evening about a fire outside the Louis Armstrong International Airport. Footage shows what appears to be a Delta Air Lines vehicle in flames.
The vehicle on fire is a pushback vehicle, used to push back aircraft from the gate. The pushback vehicle's engine seems to be on fire, flames erupting from above and below the engine compartment.
The vehicle and flames were underneath a Delta terminal bridge. Footage shows people outside maintaining a distance and watching the flames.
Officials confirmed that a pushback vehicle caught fire.
The airport recently reopened in a new terminal, but it has had issues with its baggage system.
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