Washington. On Saturday, a landing gear (Fire Broke Out) caught fire (Fire Broke Out) while landing at Denver International Airport at the AA3023 aircraft of American Airlines (American Airlines) on Saturday. After a fire in the landing gear, all 173 passengers and six crew members were taken out safely.
The Denver Fire Department said the incident occurred when the Boeing 737 Max aircraft was flying from Denver from Miami from the runway 34L.
According to officials, the problem came into the aircraft tire, due to which the aircraft had to be stopped on the runway itself. Denver Airport confirmed that all passengers and crew were safe. Five people were evaluated at the scene, but there was no need to take them to the hospital. However, a person has been taken to the hospital for medical due to minor injury at the gate.
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According to the flightware, the flight was scheduled to leave from Gate C34 at 1:12 pm, but at 2:45 pm, the possible landing gear incident was reported during the takeoff. Passengers were transported to the terminal via buses. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has started investigating the incident.
American Airlines later confirmed that the aircraft had a tire -related maintenance problem, which has been removed from service and is being investigated by their maintenance team. On Saturday evening, the Denver Fire Department said that they controlled the fire in the aircraft.
Video of the incident went viral
Let us know that a video of this incident is also going viral on social media. In the video, the tire of the plane standing in the middle of the runway is seen on fire and the passengers are seen coming out of the plane amidst the thick smoke.
