Twelve folks have been taken to hospitals after an American Airways aircraft landed at Denver Worldwide Airport on Thursday and caught hearth, prompting slides to be deployed so passengers might evacuate shortly.
All the folks transported to hospitals had minor accidents, in line with a publish on the social platform X by Denver Worldwide Airport.
Flight 1006, which was headed from the Colorado Springs Airport to Dallas Fort Value, diverted to Denver and landed safely round 5:15 p.m. after the crew reported engine vibrations, the Federal Aviation Administration mentioned in an announcement.
Whereas taxiing to the gate, an engine on the Boeing 737-800 caught hearth, the FAA added.
Images and movies posted by information retailers confirmed passengers standing on a aircraft’s wing as smoke surrounded the plane. The FAA mentioned passengers exited utilizing the slides.
American mentioned in an announcement that the flight skilled an engine-related subject after taxiing to the gate. There was no fast clarification on precisely when the aircraft caught hearth.
The 172 passengers and 6 crew members have been taken to the terminal, airline officers mentioned.
“We thank our crew members, DEN team and first responders for their quick and decisive action with the safety of everyone on board and on the ground as the priority,” American mentioned.
Firefighters put out the blaze by the night, an airport spokesperson advised media retailers.
The FAA mentioned it’s going to examine.
The nation has seen a current spate of aviation disasters and shut calls stoking fears about air journey, although flying stays a really protected mode of transport.
Latest on-the-ground incidents have included a aircraft that crashed and flipped over upon touchdown in Toronto and a Japan Airways aircraft that clipped a parked Delta aircraft whereas it was taxiing on the Seattle airport.
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