An American Airways airplane that was diverted to Denver Worldwide Airport on Thursday night after experiencing “engine vibrations” caught hearth whereas taxiing to a gate, prompting the evacuation of dozens of passengers, in line with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Six passengers have been taken to a hospital for additional analysis, the airline mentioned. Their circumstances weren’t instantly identified.
The flight, a Boeing 737-800 with 172 passengers and 6 crew members, was touring from Colorado Springs to Dallas however was diverted to the Denver airport, the airline mentioned. A few of the passengers have been evacuated from the plane utilizing slides, the F.A.A. mentioned.
“After touchdown safely and taxiing to the gate at Denver Worldwide Airport, American Airways Flight 1006 skilled an engine-related problem,” the airline mentioned.
Movies posted to social media confirmed passengers standing on the airplane’s wing and climbing down a conveyable staircase to depart the airplane. Gentle grey smoke stuffed the air. From different angles, black smoke poured out of the plane and orange flames could possibly be seen on the base of the plane.
A video taken by Mike Insalata, a Denver resident, confirmed a big hearth below the airplane’s proper engine. The F.AA. is investigating.
The episode at Denver Worldwide Airport was the newest in a latest string of aviation woes. On Feb. 25, two separate airplanes, one at Washington’s Ronald Reagan Nationwide Airport and one other at Chicago’s Halfway Worldwide Airport, needed to abort landings to keep away from collisions.
Earlier final month, a airplane on the Toronto Pearson Airport flipped over. And on Feb. 5, the wing of a airplane was impaled on the tail of one other airplane throughout a collision on the bottom at Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport.
