Remains of rain in the Denver area before United flights land safely Denver newspaper

Remains of rain in the Denver area before United flights land safely Denver newspaper

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An engine outage aboard a commercial flight departing from Denver International Airport left rubble on a Broomfield area before the plane and its 231 passengers and ten crew members landed safely on Saturday afternoon.

According to airport authorities, flight 328 of United Airlines, which departed at 12:15 p.m., was on its way to Honolulu when the incident occurred.

Broomfield police received a call at 13:09 about debris falling from the sky. The plane returned safely to the airport at 01:30.

David Delucia, a passenger in the plane, recalled a loud explosion in the cockpit, a bright flash and 20 minutes of fright before they hit.

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“The plane started shaking violently, and we lost altitude and we went down,” Delucia told the Associated Press.

Delucia said he and his wife moved their wallets (which contain their driver’s licenses) to their pockets so it could be more easily identified if the plane crashed.

“I thought we were done,” said Delucia, who was sitting directly across the aisle from the blowing engine. “I thought we were going down.”

On the ground, parts of the twin-engine Boeing 777-200 aircraft, including pieces of a jet engine hood, landed near homes northwest of Denver. At least one house was hit directly by debris.

Maryann Klements and her husband, Kirby, were sitting in their living room enjoying a quiet Saturday afternoon when a “supersonic” surge shook their entire home.

‘I can not even try to describe how hard it was, but I looked at my husband and said’ what is it? ‘, Said Maryann Klements.

“A few moments later we walked outside and saw this big round thing in our yard, and we were just completely shocked.”

The rubbish only damaged their truck and a portion of the pickups and gutters. But they knew it could be much worse.

“If it was 10 feet different, it would have ended up on top of the house,” Kirby Klements told the Associated Press.

“Things could have ended a lot differently, but I’m very grateful that everyone seems to be safe,” Maryann said.

The Federal Aviation Administration told the news partner 9News to Gazette that the plane’s real engine failed shortly after takeoff. It was unclear what caused the engine to malfunction and why the parts of the aircraft’s housing separate from the aircraft.

In the past, this was an indication of a turbine fault, which could cause pieces of the jet engine to push through the housing at high speed.

Neighbors also reported sounds of an explosion, which would correspond to an uncontrolled turbine fault.

On the website www.flightaware.com you can see how the plane took off and circled the field before landing.

A video posted by witnesses on the ground on Twitter showed a clear explosion before the debris fell.

Authorities said the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board would investigate the engine outage.

“If you find rubbish, please do not touch it or move it,” Broomfield police tweeted. “The @NTSB wants all rubbish to remain for investigation. ‘

Contact Tom Roeder: 636-0240

Twitter: @xroederx

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