Jetblue emergency landing at Long Beach Airport occurred on Thursday morning as a JetBlue flight bound for Austin, Texas departed from Long Beach but was forced to turn back shortly. According to officials, the pilot of the diverted plane announced the Jetblue emergency landing at Long Beach Airport due to an emergency with one of the plane's engines.

Furthermore, CBS Local reported that several people had become injured on Thursday after the Jetblue emergency landing.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Long Beach Airport officials Flight 1416 took off about 9:15 a.m. Soon after though, a warning signal came on alerting that one of the engines was overheating.

The Airbus A320 jet was reportedly already climbing to an altitude of about 9,400 feet before it began it began the Jetblue emergency landing. The plane was less than 30 minutes in the air before it circled back towards the airport at 4100 Donald Douglas Drive and landed about 9:29 a.m., said city officials, as reported by the Los Angeles Register.

Jet Blue officials said in a statement, "On September 18, the flight crew aboard flight 1416 reported an issue with the number two engine and returned to Long Beach Airport."

Jake Heflin, spokesman for the Long Beach Fire Department said when fire crews responded to the scene of the Jetblue emergency landing, they saw smoke coming out of the engine. Pilots soon deployed a fire extinguishing agent from the cockpit.

Heflin said, "They proceeded to have some smoke inside the cabin. The pilots then deployed both extinguishing agents."

According to airport officials, there were 142 passengers and five crew members on board Flight 1416.

Multiple reports say that among the passengers present during the Jetblue emergency landing was "Twilight" actor Jackson Rathbone. CBS Local reports that Rathbone was on the plane with his family and even live tweeted the incident.

Rathbone tweeted of the engine exploding, as well as the cabin filling with smoke before the Jetblue emergency landing occurred.

The pilot had to circle sharply back toward the airport after the explosion. According to Rathbone, as the jetliner neared the runway, the pilot told passengers to "brace" themselves.

According to CBS Local, other passengers said as Jetblue emergency landing was about to end, flight attendants yelled for passengers to brace themselves.

A passenger named Jonathon Hubbard was reportedly sitting in the emergency row. He said he immediately opened the emergency exit door once the plane stopped.

Hubbard said of the Jetblue emergency landing, "Smoke engulfed the cabin where you couldn't see the person next to you. It was that bad."

Another passenger who was also a Los Angeles resident named Cynthian Manley said that of the whole Jetblue emergency landing experience, what she considered the most frightening was when passengers heard a loud boom and the cabin began to fill with smoke. Also, oxygen masks at first failed to drop down.

Manley said, "Everybody's freaking out because the smoke is so thick, and it's very acidic smoke. I was breathing through my pillow."

According to the Los Angeles Register, other passengers also described the smoke in the cabin as extremely thick enough to extinguish vision.

Fortunately, people stayed calm for the most part, reports CBS Local.

After the landing, pictures were posted via social media by passengers, showing fire engines on the tarmac and dozens gathered around the jet with the broken engine.

Authorities said passengers were evacuated safely with emergency slides. Four people became injured but received immediate medical attention.

Those of the injured included one hurt from sliding down the slide and another hospitalized with shortness of breath, said Heflin.

Helfin explained, "There were four patients that were treated and evaluated by Long Beach Fire Department paramedics on scene of the incident itself, one of those patients complained of shortness of breath and was transported to a local area hospital."

The other three patients were reportedly evaluated and treated on scene.

Fortunately, despite a brief delay from the Jetblue emergency landing, flight operations at the airport continued as normal. Around 11:15 a.m., the jet was towed off the runway.

Jetblue emergency landing thankfully did not incur any fatalities and Long Beach Airport was reopened shortly before 11:30 a.m. Meanwhile, Jet Blue accommodated passengers still wanting to travel to Texas through alternate flight arrangements, according to CBS Local.