Delta CRJ catches fire on taxiway

The flight crew and passengers of Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight 4320 had quite a bit of excitement yesterday when their CRJ-200 caught on fire while taxiing out to the runway for departure at the Baton Rouge Airport. The flight, operating for Delta, had to be evacuated on the taxiway when it was apparent after a loud pop, that the right engine was on fire. No one was injured in the incident and the airport fire crew was on scene within 90 seconds to start fighting the fire as seen in the picture above with the ARFF truck shooting some Purple K dry chem on the right engine.

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