Mobb Deep Escapes Plane Crash

G-Unit acts Mobb Deep and 40 Glocc watched their travel plans literally go up in flames this weekend, when an engine fire during a flight to Chile forced the plane carrying them to make an emergency landing in Tampa, FL.

The three were aboard a flight that departed from Atlanta and were en route to Chile when an hour into the flight, the plane began dropping, rising and dropping again. Passengers soon witnessed flames and smoke pouring from one of the plane's engines. The pilot made an announcement that the aircraft had lost an engine, and he would be attempting an emergency landing in Tampa, FL but urged the passengers aboard to "buckle up and not panic."

The pilot was able to successfully land the plane, which was greeted by dozens of fire trucks and ambulances on the runway.

The grounded flight was not the original flight Mobb Deep and 40 Glocc had been scheduled to take. The three had actually been forced to stay overnight in Atlanta the night before, due to flight delays after missing a previous connection to Chile.

The three G-Unit artists were forced to cancel several planned performances in Chile; however all parties were able to appreciate their fortunate safe landing. Had the engine failure occurred later in the flight, the aircraft would have been over the ocean, making for a much more difficult landing in water.