Flight 2668 had 201 passengers onboard, who were evacuated from the plane via emergency slides and taken back to the terminal via ground transportation, according to officials.

Airlines canceled more than 2,000 U.S. flights while more than 2,000 more were delayed. A massive winter storm snarled travel across the Southern U.S. A Delta flight aborted takeoff and evacuated passengers via slides at Atlanta's airport,

Airlines canceled over 2,700 flights in the U.S. on Friday due to a rare winter storm hitting a wide swath of the South.