Litter from a United Airlines plane fell during an emergency landing on the outskirts of Denver on Saturday, with one very large piece apparently being part of the engine that was missing a house.
Authorities said the plane landed safely and no one was injured on board or on the ground.
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More details on the United flight returning safely to DIA
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the Boeing 777-200 had returned to Denver International Airport after having a right-hand engine interruption shortly after takeoff. Flight 328 was flying from Denver to Honolulu when the incident occurred, the agency said.
Flight 328 @ united engine caught fire. my parents are on this flight 🙃🙃 everyone is fine! pic.twitter.com/cBt82nIkqb
– michaela🦋 (@michaelagiulia) 20 February 2021
United said in a separate statement that there were 231 passengers and ten crew members on board. The airline did not release any further details.
Pedestrians filmed the falling engine parts affecting the nearby soccer field. @BAREESTHETICSCO pic.twitter.com/YYPdrpqP5Z
– JACDEC (@JacdecNew) 20 February 2021
BREAK
This is the moment when United landed flight 328 in DIA
Passengers rejoice.
You can see damage to the right engine.
Video: Troy Lewis # 9news pic.twitter.com/wyYqlEEJgZ
– Chris Vanderveen (@chrisvanderveen) 20 February 2021
The Broomfield Police Department posted photos on Twitter leaning large, round pieces of debris against a house in the suburb about 40 miles north of Denver. Police are asking for injuries to come to light.
V️VIDEO OF ENGINE EXPLOSION From the Dash Cam of Zach Allen in Broomfield: https://t.co/6Syowuy9yI pic.twitter.com/SVqE55TlPN
– Ryan Greene (@ RyanCBS4) 20 February 2021
MORE VIDEO from United Flight 328
Flight took off around 12:49 p.m.
Land 40 minutes later
Thanks to: Troy Lewis # 9news pic.twitter.com/bh4g2hEhJ3
– Chris Vanderveen (@chrisvanderveen) 20 February 2021
Tyler Thal, who lives in the area, told The Associated Press that he was walking with his family when he noticed a large plane flying extraordinarily low and took out his phone to film it.
‘As I look at it, I see an explosion and then the cloud of smoke and some debris falling out of it. It was just like a stain in the air and while I was watching it, I told my family what I had just seen, and then we heard the explosion, ‘he said in a telephone interview. “The plane went on like that and after that we did not see it.”
Thal was relieved to later learn that the plane had landed safely.
In a video that a woman posted on Twitter saying she was the daughter of people on board the flight, the engine shrieked full of flames as the plane flew through the air.
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