India, Dec. 14 -- A massive plume of smoke could be seen around the Dulles International Airport in Virginia on Saturday. Initial reports stated that a United Airlines plane experienced engine issues that resulted in a brushfire near the runway. The flight made an emergency return. The cause of the fire has not been confirmed yet.

One person at the airport tweeted about the incident. "On a plane about to take off at Dulles Airport in Washington. Runway closed due to an "incident". Lots of smoke and flashing lights from emergency vehicles. Praying it's not a crash," they noted on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.

An alert page posted about ' a brush fire has erupted at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, prompting the closure ...