Airplane engine in US catches fire midair, drops debris on Denver city
Debris from a United Airlines plane fell onto Denver suburbs during an emergency landing Sunday after one of its engines suffered a catastrophic failure and rained pieces of the engine casing on a neighborhood. The plane landed safely, and nobody aboard or on the ground was reported hurt. Take a look at some of the pictures from the incident:
Debris from a United Airlines plane fell onto Denver suburbs during an emergency landing Sunday after one of its engines suffered a catastrophic failure and rained pieces of the engine casing on a neighborhood. The plane landed safely, and nobody aboard or on the ground was reported hurt. Take a look at some of the pictures from the incident:
The plane engine caught fire and exploded
Debris from the explosion fell on residential areas
Police asked people to report debris, if found
The debris found did not cause much damage
Some houses were damaged by the falling debris
The passengers and crew landed safely after the incident
Such an event is extremely rare and happens when huge spinning discs inside the engine suffer some sort of failure and breach the armored casing around the engine that is designed to contain the damage, said John Cox, an aviation safety expert and retired airline pilot who runs an aviation safety consulting firm called Safety Operating Systems.
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