The passengers of an American Airlines flight were forced to evacuate the plane in an emergency due to an incident that involved the brakes and the landing train just before takeoff in Denver, the US airline announced this Saturday, July 26.
The Boeing 737 Max 8 of the 3023 flight of American Airlines was taking off for Miami when “he found a mechanical problem” during the bearing, the airline told AFP, and added that the 173 passengers and six crew members “landed safely.”
A slightly injured passenger
A passenger was slightly injured in the hospital for evaluation, said the company. The agitated tires and the deceleration of the plane during braking caused an isolated fire of the brakes, which was extinguished by the city’s firefighters, according to the airline.
Videos shared on social networks show passengers frantically through a slide while the smoke escape from the back of the plane. We see in particular a passenger, holding a child to the length of the arm, sliding hard and stumbling.
An open investigation
The American aviation regulator (FAA) said in a press release that the Boeing 737 Max 8 “crew” reported a possible incident with the landing train when it came out “around 2:45 pm local time. The agency added that the incident was investigating.
This new incident that feeds the growing concerns about air security in the United States. He intervene two days after a Southwest Airlines, on the way to Las Vegas, suddenly he had to dive several tens of meters altitude to avoid a collision with another plane, hurting two crew members and causing terror among his passengers.
A plane operated by the airline American Airlines He had already set fire on Thursday, March 13 after landing at Denver airport. Six passengers had been transported to the hospital to perform additional exams.
Source: BFM TV
