Posted on 03/13/2025 7:33:15 PM PDT by Morgana
American Airlines passengers were forced to evacuate their plane after it caught on fire at Denver Airport on Thursday following mid-air engine trouble.
Terrified passengers were seen fleeing via the wing of the aircraft as smoke billowed from the plane.
The flight, AA 1006, had departed Colorado Springs Airport at 4:52pm (local time) and was headed to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft was diverted to Denver shortly after takeoff when the crew reported engine vibrations, according to Federal Aviation Administration.
'After landing and while taxiing to the gate an engine caught fire and passengers evacuated the aircraft using the slides,' said the FAA.
The frightening tarmac escape is the latest in a series of crashes and near misses involving US passenger jets, including the American Airlines flight which collided with a helicopter, killing 67 people in January.
The incidents have shaken the public's trust in the aviation sector amid Donald Trump's FAA purge which cut a swath through staff weeks after the fatal collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Footage from Thursday's fire on the tarmac showed the fire has caused significant damage to the plane, with one area on the right side above the wing charred black.
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D.I.E.
Vibration > fuel leak > fire.
DIE or DEI?
The Daily Mail has just totally disgraced itself by even attempting to associate this incident with Donald Trump or the FAA.
DEI needs to D-I-E.
AA = Affirmative Action airlines.
It’s almost like there’s someone trying to sabotage America’s trust in flying. Is this a coordinated effort by leftists who’ve always told us that flying is killing mother ‘erf?
Sounds like Boeing has some ‘splainin’ to do.
Lucy! [AA being Lucy here]. WTF are you doin’?
Again, do people still repeat the old phrase “You know, you’re actually in more danger driving from home to the airport than you are flying. Flying is statistically safer.”
The late humor author Lewis Grizzard was afraid of flying. He pointed out the Wright Brothers started human powered flight and “did you notice not soon after was the first fatality from a plane crash?”
US Army Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge, who died was killed while flying on a demonstration flight with Orville Wright in 1908.
Note: Selfridge Air National Guard base in Michigan near where I grew up, formerly an Air Force base and earlier simply Selfridge Field.
“ “You know, you’re actually in more danger driving from home to the airport than you are flying”
That’s 100% true.
I’m fine once I’m in the seat of the plane
Hey at least they didn’t land upside down!
Years ago we took off from Dulles, the pilot announced there was an issue and we were returning to the Airport. As we landed there were fire engines on both sides of us.
Looking at the vid, I see passengers on the wing and no fire trucks. WTF?
DEI, Quiet Quitting and Malicious Compliance, all together.
<>...no fire trucks...<>
Maybe all the FD crews were involved in traffic accidents while on the way to work???
I don’t want to be the one to say “If it’s Boeing, I ain’t going.”
That everyone got out safely is a testament to how well built these planes are. I’m not worried about flying.
Think of what would have happened if they had not returned?
I find this fire odd. If that engine was demonstration vibration necessitating a return the pilot would have shut the engine down and fuel flow to that engine. What happened?
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