Oh no, not again!
Passengers on board an American Airlines flight at Denver International Airport in the USA on Saturday afternoon were evacuated due to the Boeing 737 MAX 8's landing gear catching fire during takeoff, officials confirmed.
The Denver Fire Department said the problem occurred on board American Airlines Flight 3023 from Denver, Colorado to Miami International Airport in Florida while the plane was still on the runway. The airline reported that all 173 passengers and six crew members on board were safely evacuated from the aircraft. One person was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, the airline said.
Video posted to Instagram by passenger Mark Tsurkis showed passengers evacuating the aircraft using emergency slides as smoke and flames billowed from below the rear of the plane.
The displaced passengers departed for Miami on a replacement aircraft later that day. FlightAware showed at least 306 flights at Denver International Airport had been delayed as of Saturday night. The airport said a ground stop was in place from 02:00 PM until shortly after 03:00 PM for all incoming flights that had not left their departure airports yet. Operations at the airport have since returned to normal.
A day earlier, a Munich, Germany-bound United Airlines flight was forced to return to Washington Dulles Airport shortly after take-off. Flight UA108, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, experienced a mid-air scare when its left engine failed shortly after taking off.
And due to the engine malfunction, the plane couldn't move on its own and had to be towed off the runway after landing safely. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported during the incident.
The episode bears an eerie similarity to the recent Air India crash in Ahmedabad, India, where the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner experienced a severe engine malfunction soon after take-off.
I don't understand why won't these airlines ground all their Boeing "flying coffins"?. Don't wait for a real tragedy to happen!
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