By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Mar 9th 2021 23:25Z, last updated Wednesday, Mar 10th 2021 15:22Z

A Delta Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N345NW performing flight DL-1748 from Fort Lauderdale,FL to New York La Guardia,NY (USA) with 103 people on board, was climbing out of Fort Lauderdale's runway 28R when upon contacting departure the crew reported a number 1 engine (CFM56, left hand) fire indication, in the background of the transmission the fire bell could be heard. The crew stopped the climb at about 2000 feet, shut the engine down, requested runway 28R and joined a right downwind for runway 28R. The aircraft landed safely on runway 28R about 18 minutes after departure.

A replacement A320-200 registration N332NW reached New York with a delay of 15:15 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 26.5 hours after landing back.