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American Airlines passengers were forced to evacuate onto a plane’s helping astatine Denver International Airport aft their craft caught fire.
By Olivia Evans Mar 14, 2025 1:04 PM | Updated 9 minutes ago
American Airlines Collision: Army Helicopter Warned Twice Before Fatal Crash
Passengers of American Airlines formation AA1006 are recovering aft a adjacent call.
Over 175 radical were forced to evacuate from their evening formation March 13 astatine Denver International Airport aft the airplane caught occurrence portion taxiing to a gate, the Federal Aviation Administration said successful a statement, per People.
The connection noted that the aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, “diverted to and landed safely astatine Denver International Airport” aft unit members reported “engine vibrations” amid a formation from Colorado Springs—about 70 miles from Denver—to Dallas. After landing safely, however, “an motor caught occurrence and passengers were evacuated utilizing the slides.”
In a abstracted connection to NBC News, American Airlines noted that the occurrence was aboriginal extinguished.
“After landing safely and taxiing to the gross astatine Denver International Airport (DEN), American Airlines Flight 1006 experienced an engine-related issue," the hose said. “The 172 customers and six unit members deplaned and are being relocated to the terminal. We convey our unit members, DEN squad and archetypal responders for their speedy and decisive enactment with the information of everyone connected committee and connected the crushed arsenic the priority.”
Following the event, American Airlines noted that six of the customers aboard the formation were transported to the infirmary for “further evaluation,” portion the institution is besides sending a replacement craft to get the remaining unit and passengers to Dallas.
The latest incidental comes astir 2 months aft the hose institution was progressive successful a tragic collision. In January, American Airlines formation 5342 was transporting 60 radical aboard a plane from Wichita, Kansas to Washington D.C. erstwhile it collided with an Army helicopter, sidesplitting each progressive successful the crash.
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On March 11, the National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy said during a property conference that the calamity could person been prevented, owed to what she described arsenic “stronger than an oversight,” successful formation patterns astir Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, wherever the American Airlines formation had been acceptable to land.
After detailing that determination had been implicit 15,000 “close proximity events,” betwixt airplanes and helicopters successful the country surrounding the airport, she emphasized of the crash, “There were intelligibly indicators."
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