To its crew, Denver staff, and emergency first responders “for their quick and decisive action with the safety of everyone on board and on the ground as the priority.”
According to the NY Post, the FAA has also said that it is beginning an inquiry into the event. The announcement follows a string of alarming US aircraft mishaps and near-misses.
67 people were murdered in January when a commercial American Airlines aircraft collided with a Black Hawk chopper close to Washington, D.C.
Days later, a medical transport jet crashed into a residential neighborhood in Philadelphia, killing six more passengers, including a minor patient, and one person on the ground.
Then, in February, a Delta Airlines jet turned on its back during a landing in Toronto, injuring eighteen more, and a commuter plane crashed in Alaska, killing ten.
