Passengers on a Delta Airlines flight from Edinburgh, Scotland heading to John F Kennedy Airport in NYC held their breath on Friday as the flight made an emergency landing minutes after takeoff, after flames started shooting from the wing.

One of the passengers took a video of the incident, and flames can be seen from the plane’s rear wing in what looked like an engine surge. The video was posted on social media. 

The flight began its departure at 10:50 am Friday, February 10 and emergency landed at the Prestwick Airport in Glasgow, Scotland just 30 minutes after takeoff.

Passengers, including several children, reportedly became very anxious as some feared for their lives while crew members prepared for the emergency landing.

Secondary school children and their teachers were on the flight, traveling to the US for a trip during their February break.

Julie Nisbet, a passenger on the flight, spoke afterward to a news outlet and said that the pilot announced that the plane was going to make an emergency landing, and then the noise stopped, and it sounded as if the engines had been turned off.

There was an eerie silence as passengers gasped and some cried. She said it felt as though they were gliding. She didn’t think they would make it and was very relieved when they did.

A BBC reporter was also on the plane and said there was a loud engine noise as they were taking off, and it continued while they were in the air.

Laura Pettigrew, the BBC News Journalist, said the pilot announced that they would be landing, and as soon as the plane touched down, firefighters and trucks rushed toward the plane.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service officers got a call at around 11:23 am asking them to help the fire service crew at Prestwick Airport. Four fire engines responded to the scene, according to their statement.

The flight crew told everyone to leave all their belongings behind and exit the aircraft as quickly as possible. Pettigrew said most of the passengers were not panicking, but there was some confusion about what was happening.

Delta Airlines released a statement confirming the emergency landing and apologized for the inconvenience. They described the fire spitting from the engines as a “mechanical fault.”