Spirit Airlines flight from Tampa safe after one of the plane’s brakes overheated and briefly caught fire upon landing in Atlanta

After one of the plane’s brakes overheated and briefly caught fire upon landing in Atlanta on Sunday, causing mayhem onboard, video now making the rounds on social media reveals that the terrified passengers aboard a Spirit Airlines flight from Tampa are safe.

Spirit Airlines flight 383 from Tampa’s landing gear caught fire, according to a tweet from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport officials.

Airport officials reported that once the fire was extinguished by Atlanta firemen, the plane was pulled to the gate where terrified passengers could board.

According to Spirit Airlines, one of the aircraft’s brakes overheated.

The airline made it known that no injuries or fatalities were reported to have occurred to passengers.

Video posted on social media showed smoke coming from under the plane at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

‘The aircraft was towed to the gate where guests safely deplaned without any injuries. Thank you to the Atlanta first responders for immediately meeting the aircraft,’ a statement from the airline read.

‘The plane will be temporarily removed from service for maintenance,’ it added.

Footage from inside the plane shows worried passengers getting up from their seats and looking outside portholes, observing continuous smoke in the air coming from underneath the aircraft.

Stewards can then be heard telling passengers to remain calm and to leave the middle aisle clear in case of evacuation.

‘Please remain seated,’ a Spirit Airlines flight attendant tells passengers through the aircraft’s PA system.

Passengers are seen looking to the plane's left, observing the smoke coming from underneath the aircraft
People regained their seats after flight attendants asked them follow instructions

Passengers onboard were recorded getting up from the edges of their seats and observing the smoke through the plane’s portholes before flight attendants asked them to leave the middle aisle clear and to ‘please remain seated’

The plane managed to succesfully get to one of Atlanta airport's gates, disembarking passengers without reporting any deaths or injuriesThe flight was uneventful until after landing, when passengers noticed a strange noise coming from the left side of the aircraft, according to Scottie Nelms, a passenger on the aircraft, who spoke to FOX 5.

Nelms informed FOX 5 that no one understood what it was until we came to a complete stop in the center of the runway.

“I started freaking out when we noticed a flame emerging from the engine,” the speaker said.

According to German airline Hydro Aero, tires are purportedly changed on average after 120 to 400 landings.

Aircraft tires are specifically designed to withstand extreme temperatures, ranging from -60 °C (-140 °F) at an altitude of 10,000 m (32808 feet) to boiling °C (-140 °F) when landing in some of the hottest regions on earth.

And even though the chance of a plane catching fire is slim, blazing incidents on aircraft aren’t uncommon. Plane fires occur, on average, every 10 or 11 days in the U.S., according to Consumer Reports.Spirit Airlines Flight 383 from Tampa, Florida to Atlanta, Georgia, caught fire when it landed at Hartfield-Jackson Airport on Sunday, with smoke coming from under the aircraft. One of the plane's breaking wheels caught fire