United Airlines Boeing 777 with 231 passengers makes an emergency landing in Denver after engine exploded mid-flight, dropping massive pieces of debris on homes in Colorado
- Police in Broomfield, Colorado responded to residents who reported large objects falling from the sky
- Local researchers arrived at various addresses to see huge metal objects strewn across the front yards
- The broken pieces of plane came from United Airlines Flight 328 from Denver to Honolulu
- The Boeing 777-200, carrying 231 passengers and 10 crew, drove back to Denver and landed safely
- The aircraft engine is believed to have been set on fire mid-flight; The plane landed 25 minutes after takeoff
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A United Airlines flight bound for Hawaii was forced to crash-land shortly after takeoff from Denver, after suffering extensive damage to one of its engines and dropping large pieces of debris over a Colorado neighborhood.
Flight UA328, which was carrying 231 passengers and 10 crew, suffered a serious engine failure shortly after takeoff from Denver, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Saturday. There were no reports of injuries on board or on the ground.
The Boeing 777-200, scheduled to fly to Honolulu, Hawaii, returned to Denver and landed safely about 25 minutes after takeoff.
Police in Broomfield responded Saturday afternoon to reports of objects falling from the sky.
Huge pieces of the plane’s hood could be seen on the lawns of houses.
Additional debris was found scattered across the lawn in Commons Park.
Photos taken from the ground show the jet’s engine on fire and smoke remaining behind.
One man who said he was a passenger on the flight tweeted, “ I’m on UA328, pilots did a great job because it was noisy, shaking and scary here. Firefighters have us on the tarmac. ‘
A United Airlines flight crash-landed after dropping several pieces of debris in Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday
Flames could be seen coming from the plane’s engine
Photos taken from the ground showed the jet’s engine on fire and smoke
Police in Broomfield responded Saturday afternoon to reports of objects falling from the sky and saw huge metal objects in the front yards
Chris Vanderveen said the passengers on board the plane cheered when they landed again after ‘engine problems’.
No injuries were reported on the ground or in the aircraft.
Police are in the process of locating all the debris and are urging people not to relocate any debris they found pending the arrival of officials from the National Transportation Safety Board.
More to follow
Additional debris was found scattered across the lawn in Commons Park
The image above shows smoke from the damaged engine on the left
Flight Aware tracking from Flight UA328 shows the plane’s circle back to Denver airport