Debris from a United Airlines plane fell on Saturday during an emergency landing in the suburbs of Denver, with a very large piece that appears to be part of the engine just missed a home.
The plane landed safely and no one on board or on the ground was injured, authorities said.
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More details about United’s flight returning safely to DIA
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the Boeing 777-200 was returning to Denver International Airport after a right engine malfunction shortly after takeoff. Flight 328 was flying from Denver to Honolulu when the incident occurred, the agency said.
Flight 328 @United engine caught fire. my parents are on this flight 🙃🙃 everyone is fine! pic.twitter.com/cBt82nIkqb
– michaela🦋 (@michaelagiulia) February 20, 2021
United said in a separate statement that 231 passengers and 10 crew were on board. The airline has not released any further details.
Pedestrians filmed the falling engine parts that hit the nearby football field. @RTLnews pic.twitter.com/YYPdrpqP5Z
– JACDEC (@JacdecNew) February 20, 2021
BREAK
This is when United flight 328 landed in DIA
Passengers cheer.
You can see damage to the right engine.
Video: Troy Lewis # 9news pic.twitter.com/wyYqlEEJgZ
– Chris Vanderveen (@chrisvanderveen) February 20, 2021
Broomfield police posted photos to Twitter showing large, round pieces of debris leaning against a suburban house about 25 miles north of Denver. Police demand that all injured come forward.
🎞️VIDEO OF THE ENGINE EXPLOSION From Zach Allen’s dashcam in Broomfield: https://t.co/6Syowuy9yI pic.twitter.com/SVqE55TlPN
– Ryan Greene 📷 (@ RyanCBS4) February 20, 2021
MORE VIDEO of United Flight 328
The flight took off around 12:49 PM.
Landed 40 minutes later
Courtesy: Troy Lewis # 9news pic.twitter.com/bh4g2hEhJ3
– Chris Vanderveen (@chrisvanderveen) February 20, 2021
Tyler Thal, who lives nearby, told The Associated Press that he was out for a walk with his family when he saw a large commercial plane flying unusually low and picked up his phone to film it.
“While looking at it, I saw an explosion and then the cloud of smoke and some debris fell out. It was like a speck in the sky and as I watch it, I tell my family what I just saw and then we heard the explosion, ”he said in a telephone interview. “The plane just went on and we didn’t see it after that.”
Thal was relieved to learn that the plane had made a safe landing.
A video posted on Twitter by a woman who said she was the daughter of people on board the flight showed the engine completely in flames as the plane flew through the sky.
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