Spirit Airlines flight opts not to take off out of ‘abundance of caution’

A Spirit Airlines formation departing from McCarran International Airport Tuesday nighttime experienced a attraction contented arsenic it prepared to instrumentality off, past a level tyre connected the tarmac.

Erik Hofmeyer, manager of communications for the airline, said Spirit Flight 334 was scheduled to alert from Las Vegas to Pittsburgh Tuesday evening. Hofmeyer said successful an email the unit “opted to not instrumentality disconnected retired of an abundance of caution owed to a imaginable attraction issue.”

“The level braked safely, and we person nary injuries to our guests oregon squad members,” Hofmeyer said. “Upon taxiing backmost to the gate, the craft experienced a level tire, and guests were deplaned and brought backmost into the terminal.”

Hofmeyer said passengers received edifice and repast accommodations arsenic good arsenic a aboriginal question voucher from the airline. The passengers were rescheduled for a Wednesday greeting flight.

Hofmeyer did not elaborate connected the attraction issue. A spokesperson for McCarran could not instantly beryllium reached for remark aboriginal Wednesday.

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