The moment a plane caught fire and evacuees were forced to stand on the wing is captured in shocking video.
Nearly 200 passengers were forced to evacuate onto the wings of an American Airlines aircraft on Thursday, March 13, when the jet,
Which was headed for Texas, unexpectedly caught fire after landing on the runway at Denver International Airport.
Plumes of dense black smoke enveloped the plane as dozens of passengers crowded onto the wing. While firemen drenched the aircraft with water, several were also evacuated via.
The emergency slides. At 4:52 p.m. local time, the Boeing 737-800 departed Colorado Springs on its way to Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport.
But around 5:15 p.m., crew members alerted the Federal Aviation Administration that the plane was experiencing “engine vibrations,” and it was rerouted to the Denver airport.
