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United Airlines flight delayed after fire at Logan Airport – NBC Boston
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United Airlines flight delayed after fire at Logan Airport – NBC Boston

A plane at Boston Logan International Airport suffered engine trouble Monday evening.

Massport said a United Airlines flight had engine problems while taxiing on the runway. These problems apparently caused a grass fire to ignite behind the plane as it moved across the tarmac.

The plane itself did not catch fire. Crews were able to extinguish the grass fire and Massport said the aircraft was able to reach the gate under its own power.

No injuries have been reported.

United said in a statement Tuesday morning that Flight 2136 from Boston to Dulles was postponed before departure “due to an engine issue,” which their local ground crew and emergency responders “immediately addressed.”

They said the plane never left the ground and returned to the gate, where passengers could disembark normally. The 162 passengers and six crew members then boarded another plane, which took off around 9 p.m.