A Delta flight had to make an emergency landing just 60 miles after takeoff when flames shot out from under its wing

• A Delta trans-Atlantic flight made an emergency landing near Glasgow on Friday after flames erupted from a wing.
• Delta says the Boeing 767-300 had a "mechanical issue" with one of its two engines.
• One passenger told local news that there was a "banging noise" and then the plane "nose-dived."

A Delta Air Lines flight from Scottish capital Edinburgh to New York had to make an emergency landing in Glasgow — around 60 miles from its departure airport — on Friday after flames erupted from one of its wings.

Data from flight-tracking sites FlightAware and FlightRadar24 shows that the Boeing 767-300, which was headed to New York's JFK, landed at Glasgow Prestwick International Airport at around 11:30 a.m. local time, less than an hour after it had taken off from Scotland's capital. The two airports are roughly 60 miles apart.

The flight was "safely diverted to Glasgow Prestwick Airport after a mechanical issue with one of the aircraft's two engines," a Delta spokesperson told Insider. The spokesperson added that the airline had arranged ground transportation, meals, and hotels for passengers before they flew from Edinburgh to JFK the next morning.

"Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people," the spokesperson said.

One passenger on board told The Edinburgh Evening News that there was a "strange noise" as the plane traveled along the runway in Edinburgh. He said he fell asleep, but later "woke up with a banging noise – three big sort of bangs and the next minute the plane suddenly nose-dived and then out the window the engines are on fire."

Footage shared with Storyful by passenger Cory McIntosh appears to show his view of flames spluttering from the wing outside his window. 

It is unclear exactly which part of the plane caught fire.

BBC Scotland News reporter Laura Pettigrew, who was on the flight, told the BBC that the plane's engine made loud noises during the flight. Fire trucks and firefighters rushed towards the plane when it landed down at Glasgow Prestwick, she said.

"We were told to leave all our belongings and get off as quickly as we could," Pettigrew told the BBC. "There was no real panic among passengers, more just confusion. However some families with kids were pretty distressed." STV reported that a school trip was on board.

When the plane landed safely, passengers clapped and cheered, one passenger told STV.

A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service told Insider that it was requested at 11:23 a.m. and sent four appliances to the site. Fire fighters left the scene shortly before 1 p.m., it added.

The Herald reported that there were no injuries.