Delta Air Lines Flight 1708 had to abort a planned takeoff from Alabama’s Huntsville International Airport after the plane’s engine started smoking.
Crew members spotted the smoke, and the takeoff was stopped at 10:55 a.m. Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The plane went back to the gate and the passengers got off.
There were 114 passengers and five crew members on the plane at the time of the incident, a Delta spokesperson told Huntsville’s WAFF…