The pilot of a United Airlines commercial aircraft called ‘mayday, mayday’, as the aircraft experienced an engine outage on Saturday shortly after takeoff from Denver International Airport, according to the new audio.
The Boeing 777 was en route from Denver to Honolulu with 231 passengers and ten crew members on board when the right engine failed and burst into flames. The plane quickly lost altitude and dropped large pieces of the hood and pieces of fiberglass on the neighborhoods.
UNITED FLIGHT’S CAR CATCHES FIRE AFTER ALWAYS COMPLETED, BACK SAFE BACK TO THE AIRPORT
“328, uh, heavy. We experienced motorcycle, have to turn. Mayday, mayday. United, uh, 28, United 328, heavy. Mayday, mayday, plane, uh …” says the pilot in a 35 -second audio recording obtained by the Denver Post.
The Denver Tower replies, “Yes, 328 heavy, say again, read everything again.”
“Denver, uh, departure. United 328, heavy,” says the flight 328 pilot. “Mayday, planes, uh, just experiencing a car crash, should get a turn immediately.”
The plane landed safely back at the airport and no injuries were reported on the ground where the debris rained.
Much of the debris landed in Commons Park and in the Northmoor and Red Leaf neighborhoods of Broomfield, which is about 12 miles north of downtown Denver.
Rubbish from a Boeing 777 commercial jet landed in front of a house near Broomfield, about 20 miles north of downtown Denver, after the engine failed shortly after takeoff.
(Broomfield Police Station)
Tyler Thal, who lives in the area, told The Associated Press that he was on his way with his family when he saw a large commercial plane flying extraordinarily low and took out his phone to film it.
“While I was watching it, I saw an explosion and then the cloud of smoke and debris fell out of it,” he said in a telephone interview at the outlet. “It was just like a stain in the air, and as I watched it, I told my family what I saw now, and then we heard the explosion. The plane went on just like that and we did not see. it afterwards. ‘
It was not immediately clear what caused engine no. 2 in the plane failed.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident and has asked Coloradans not to touch rubbish if they find pieces of the plane in their neighborhoods.
Fox Best, Paul Best, contributed to this report.