An American Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Las Vegas on Wednesday after smoke and sparks were seen spewing from one of its engines.

American Airlines Flight 1665 was forced to return to Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas (LAS) shortly after takeoff due to a mechanical issue, the airline said in a statement. 

Video from an eyewitness shows dark smoke trailing behind the plane’s engines midair. Sparks could also be seen going off from its right engine. 

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The plane, which was scheduled to fly from LAS to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), was carrying 153 customers and six crew members, American Airlines said. 

The statement reads, in part, “The aircraft taxied to the gate under its own power, and customers deplaned normally. “We appreciate the professionalism of our crew and thank our team, who are working to get our customers to their destinations as quickly as possible.  

No injuries were reported. 

Dark smoke billowed from an airplane as it passed by the Las Vegas National Golf Course on June 25, 2025. (@Mvious via Storyful)

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The aircraft is being taken out of service and will be evaluated by American Airlines’ maintenance team, the company said. 

The aircraft type was not immediately made public. 

The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) said it is aware of the incident and that Flight 1665 was an Airbus A321.

The air traffic control tower at McCarran International Airport. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

“American Airlines Flight 1665 returned safely to Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas around 8:20 a.m. local time on Wednesday, June 25, after the crew reported an engine issue,” the agency said in a statement. 

“The Airbus A321 was headed to Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The FAA will investigate.”

Harry Reid International Airport was previously known as McGarran International Airport. 

A Mississippi man who had been on death row for nearly five decades for the murder of the wife of a bank loan officer in a ransom scheme was executed Wednesday. 

Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran with PTSD, received a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. 

The U.S. Supreme Court denied Jordan’s remaining appeals Wednesday afternoon without comment, and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves had denied Jordan’s request for clemency. 

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Jordan visited with family, lawyers and spiritual advisers Wednesday, said Marc McClure, Mississippi State Penitentiary superintendent.

Jordan was sentenced to death in 1976 for kidnapping and killing Edwina Marter, a mother of two young children, earlier that year. He is one of 22 people across the country sentenced for crimes in the 1970s who are still on death row, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

Eric Marter, who was 11 when his mother was killed, said neither he, his brother nor his father would attend the execution.

“It should have happened a long time ago,” he said of the execution. “I’m not really interested in giving him the benefit of the doubt.”

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The entrance to the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. (Mississippi Department of Corrections)

In January 1976, Jordan called the Gulf National Bank in Gulfport and asked to speak with a loan officer. After he was told Charles Marter could speak to him, he hung up. 

He then looked up the Marters’ home address in a telephone book and kidnapped Edwina Marter. Jordan took her to a forest and fatally shot her before calling her husband. 

He claimed Marter was safe and demanded $25,000. The road to Jordan’s execution included four trials and numerous appeals. 

Lawyers for Jordan, who served three tours in Vietnam, argued he never received due process. 

An execution chamber in a Texas prison.  (AP)

“He was never given what, for a long time, the law has entitled him to, which is a mental health professional that is independent of the prosecution and can assist his defense,” said Krissy Nobile, the director of Mississippi’s Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, who represented Jordan. 

“Because of that, his jury never got to hear about his Vietnam experiences.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

Florida Rep. Kat Cammack shared on social media Wednesday night that her office was evacuated following death threats against her, her family and her staff.

The congresswoman alleges she has been a repeat victim of the threats following an exclusive with the Wall Street Journal in which she spoke about an expelled pregnancy in May of last year, according to a post on social media platform X.

“These threats erupted after the Wall Street Journal reported on my life-threatening ectopic pregnancy—a nonviable pregnancy with no heartbeat. Since then, we’ve received thousands of hate-filled messages and dozens of credible threats from pro-abortion activists, which law enforcement is actively investigating,” Cammack’s press office posted.

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Cammack’s ectopic pregnancy occurred shortly after the state’s heartbeat law went into effect. Cammack noted the threats came after the publication of the WSJ interview – which noted that the lawmaker, who is against abortion, supports exceptions for rape and incest and instances in which the mother’s life is at risk. 

“To those spreading misinformation: I did not vote for Florida’s heartbeat law; I serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, not the Florida Legislature,” Cammack wrote on X. “Let me be clear: I will not be intimidated. I won’t back down in the fight for women and families. Ensuring women have the resources and care they deserve is critical. We need real conversations about maternal healthcare in America—conversations based on truth, not fear.”

Her interview with WSJ occurred shortly after the state’s abortion law went into effect and could be a possible contributor due to rumors circulating around reports that Cammack voted for Florida’s heartbeat law, something she claims is not true. (Rep. Cammack’s Press Office on X)

In her post, Cammack included photos displaying the types of harassment she has received.

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The congresswoman said during the WSJ interview that she had an ectopic pregnancy and that after speaking with medical professionals she had initially refused to terminate her pregnancy. She says she had fears that she would be violating state law due to the fact she was five weeks along at the time of the termination.

The congresswoman said during the WSJ interview that she had an ectopic pregnancy and that after speaking with medical professionals she had initially refused to terminate her pregnancy.

Although the nature of her condition was considered fatal, she was still afraid, she said, and blames pro-choice messaging.

“It was absolute fearmongering at its worst,” she told the publication. “There will be some comments like, ‘Well, thank God we have abortion services,’ even though what I went through wasn’t an abortion.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to Cammack’s office for comment.