PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. –

A Delta Airlines plane carrying 316 people was forced to dump thousands of gallons of fuel in the sky over Paulding County, GA on Sunday afternoon. Officials say the jet was headed from Atlanta’s international airport to Narita, Japan.

Airline officials say one of the engine lights on the control panel indicated something was wrong.

The pilot decided it was close enough to turn the plane back around and land. As part of the emergency landing, the pilot released thousands of gallons of jet fuel and turned one engine off. The plane safely returned to the airport. No one was injured.