Fire caused by plane making 'hard landing' at Harry Reid, airport officials say

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Officials are investigating after a hard landing at Harry Reid International Airport resulted in a fire Saturday afternoon.

Frontier flight 1326 from San Diego arrived at the airport around 3 p.m.

According to Frontier, the pilots detected smoke and declared an emergency.

All 190 passengers and seven crew members were evacuated safety, and no injuries have been reported.

We were able to speak with one of the passengers who was flying into Las Vegas with his family.

"When we touched down it was a very hard landing followed by a lot of shaking of the plane," Kevin Joseif said. "The last thing we expected was to land in Vegas and be surrounded by fire vehicles."

Joseif and his family were exited to celebrate his brother's birthday.

”My brother has been wanting to come out and do a big birthday celebration and go through the whole Las Vegas experience," he said.

Customers who were connecting through Las Vegas and had an additional flight leg were offered a variety of options from Frontier, including cancellation and refund, credit, or a flight on an alternate airline arranged by Frontier.

Joseif said this experience left his family frightened and they don't know if they'll be flying back home to San Diego.

“My whole family is shaken up. We are talking about getting a van and driving home because we don’t want to fly again after that," he said.

At the time of this report, the runway is still closed until further notice.