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American Airlines Passengers Detailed “Surreal, Strenuous” Experience after Aircraft Fire that arrive in Dallas

Passenger at the American Airlines aircraft, which in the details of experience caught fire



Passenger at the American Airlines aircraft, which in the details of experience caught fire

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Passengers of an American aircraft that Caught in denver fire An early Friday morning at the International Airport Dallas-Fort Worth, almost 12 hours after the start.

The aircraft with 178 passengers, caught fire on the asphalt After an emergency landing at Denver International Airport and forced many passengers to evacuate on a wing and with emergency films by climbing. Airport officers said 12 passengers were taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced CBS News in a statement that American Airlines Flight 1006 had left the Colorado Springs Airport and was forced to the DFW airport when the “occupation reported engine vibrations”.

Michele Woods was on the way home from a trade fair in Colorado Springs. She said the start was okay, but when the plane was in the air, one of the engines made a loud sound.

She said people screamed, pushing and jumping when the plane landed.

“[The plane] Landed, everything was okay, but then Rauch filled the cabin, “said Woods, who was sitting in front of the plane. She said she could go out of the plane.

“The video was really scary,” she said.

Ingrid Hibbit and her family were on their way to a wedding in Argentina when the plane was diverted to Denver, and lacked her initial connecting flight in Dallas.

She said that the landing was abrupt and when the plane landed, she saw flames from her window that melted.

“A challenge was to get out of the plane, didn't go smoothly,” she said. “Grateful to be here.”