WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Delta Air Lines plane on Monday carrying nearly 300 passengers suffered an engine fire after pushing back from the gate at Orlando International Airport in Florida, forcing the passengers to evacuate using slides, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

The Airbus A330 was set to depart for Atlanta when the engine caught fire around 11:15 a.m. local time. The FAA will investigate. A number of recent aviation safety incidents in the United States have raised concerns.

Delta said Flight 1213 had 282 passengers and 12 crew members and there were no initial reports of injuries. Delta flight crews “followed procedures to evacuate the passenger cabin when flames in the tailpipe of one of the aircraft’s two engines were observed.”

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(Reporting by David Shepardson in Washington/Editing by Franklin Paul and Matthew Lewis)