FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Passengers onboard a Spirit Airlines flight Sunday from Montego Bay, Jamaica, to Fort Lauderdale were instructed by the crew to prepare for a possible water landing.
The airline confirmed to CNN in a statement that the Airbus plane experienced a “mechanical issue” and safely returned to Montego Bay.
The passengers were then deplaned and later placed on another plane bound for Fort Lauderdale.
Passenger Bettina Rogers posted a video of the incident on TikTok, in which a chiming signal could be heard twice. She was seen wearing a life jacket in the video and life jackets could be seen on the floor as she was getting off the plane.
Rogers said the pilot initially told passengers there was “nothing to be alarmed…
