The Houston Fire Department's Airport Rescue firefighters responded to a plane having issues Sunday morning at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport, the agency said. In an X post around 10 a.m., the agency said it was assisting at the airport after a departing plane "reported an issue on the runway.

More than 100 people were evacuated from a plane on the runway at a Houston airport in the southern United States on Sunday due to an engine issue, federal authorities and the airline said.

Passengers were evacuated via slides and stairs from a jetliner at Houston’s main airport on Sunday after an engine problem during takeoff caused smoke