if we have the flight number correct it was due to land at 4:55 p.m. that would be about the time that this all began to happen. we ll continue to follow this story as we get more information. again, a delta flight 2284 looks like everybody is okay but it did have to make an emergency landing. we move on with other top stories of the day. the taliban claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed seven people and wounded the german commander of nato forces in northern afghanistan. among the dead, two afghan police chiefs and two german soldiers. this blast happened as high level afghan and coalition officials were meeting. nato and afghan president hamid karzai both condemned the attack. a live report from islamabad ahead. egypt very opened its border crossing into gaza today. that effectively eases a
on it. we believe there was a fire. we re trying to get details. passengers had to be evacuated. scary moments obviously but apparently there are no injuries. just a few minutes ago we did watch a bus transport passengers from that plane to the delta terminals here in atlanta. we want to bring in on the phone, you were in a hotel that overlooks the runway as i m told. can you tell us exactly what you saw? caller: we were just out on the balcony of our hotel that overlooks the runway and we were just watching planes come in and then after one landed there was a big boom and just a line of smoke and then it looks like it turned off the runway and then the fire got a lot bigger. and then fire trucks went over and they started evacuating everybody. did you see any need for any ambulance or anything like that? caller: a bunch of ambulances and fire trucks went to it. i don t know if they needed them or just because of the fire. okay. thank you so much for that eyewitness a