THIS is the shocking moment a jet engine erupts into flames just moments after take-off as passengers fear for their lives.

Three people were killed in a plane crash in Capao da Canoa, Brazil.

Video footage of the flight taking off shows loud bangs and several large flashes sparking on the plane's left side.

A Delta plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Brazil late Sunday after an apparent engine glitch sent flames and sparks shooting from the packed jet.

A Delta A330-300 returned safely to São Paulo after its left engine failed and caught fire shortly after takeoff on a flight ...

A Delta Air Lines flight burst into flames just seconds after taking off from Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport - ...

An Airbus A330 operated by Delta Air Lines, carrying 286 people, experienced an explosion in its left engine shortly after ...

Flight DL104 experienced a severe engine failure shortly after departing from GRU. All 288 passengers are safe after an emergency landing on the airport's only active runway.

On the night of last Sunday, passengers on a flight of the American airline Delta experienced moments of genuine terror at the São Paulo International Airport, Brazil. An Airbus 330 plane, bound for ...

IT is every plane passenger’s worst nightmare – a loud explosion, flames coming from the engine and the realisation that you ...

Scary moments unfolded after a fire erupted from the engine of an Atlanta-bound Delta flight. This happened on Sunday just ...

Passengers on a short-haul plane ride filmed the moment the Boeing engine exploded into tatters mid-air. An Arik Air plane was scheduled to fly from Lagos to Port Harcourt when the engine exploded mid ...