An American Airlines plane was evacuated after catching fire on the tarmac at a Denver airport Thursday evening. The fire occurred while the plane — a Boeing 737-800 — was taxiing to a gate, Denver International Airport said in a statement. Video taken from inside the terminal shows thick smoke billowing out of the jet while people fan out on the wings and run from the scene with fire under the plane’s tail. “Passengers were evacuated and the slides were deployed,” the airport said. The airline said 172 passengers and...

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An American Airlines flight bound for Dallas-Fort Worth made an unscheduled landing in Denver on Thursday evening, where an engine fire forced the evacuation of passengers onto a wing.

Flight 1006 from Colorado Springs to DFW landed in Denver around 5 p.m. MT, according to CNN. The 172 passengers and six crew members evacuated the Boeing 737 aircraft, the network reported.

Video posted to social media shows passengers scrambling onto a wing of the aircraft as heavy smoke billows from an engine.

There are no reports of injuries.

An American Airlines plane caught fire while sitting at a gate at Denver International Airport on Thursday, prompting slides to be deployed so passengers could evacuate quickly. An airport spokesperson told multiple news outlets that the plane was at gate C38 when the fire started Thursday afternoon. A photo posted by CBS News showed passengers standing on a plane’s wing as smoke surrounded the aircraft. No injuries were reported, and firefighters put out the blaze by the evening, the spokesperson said. Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by...

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Numerous videos on social media appeared to show an American Airlines plane partially engulfed in flames at Denver International Airport on Thursday. Newsweek reached out to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) via email for comment. Recent close calls and crashes have sparked concerned among Americans regarding the safety of aviation.

DENVER (AP) — An American Airlines plane caught fire while sitting at a gate at Denver International Airport on Thursday, prompting slides to be deployed so passengers could evacuate quickly.

An airport spokesperson told multiple news outlets that the plane was at gate C38 when the fire started Thursday afternoon.

A photo posted by CBS News showed passengers standing on a plane’s wing as smoke surrounded the aircraft.

No injuries were reported, and firefighters put out the blaze by the evening, the spokesperson said.

Watch: Passengers seen on wing of plane after jet catches fire Passengers on an American Airlines flight were evacuated onto the tarmac of a Colorado airport as a fire broke out on the plane, sending smoke billowing into the air. No injuries were reported in the incident. Footage of the evacuation online showed passengers huddled on the wing of the commercial airliner, some holding bags, with flames burning near the bottom of the plane. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said passengers used inflatable slides to reach the ground safely...

An American Airlines plane suddenly burst into flames at Denver International Airport on Thursday night – forcing passengers to evacuate the aircraft. The fire erupted on the passenger plane that was parked at Gate C38, sending plumes of thick black smoke above the tarmac, airport officials told KDVR. “Passengers were evacuated and the slides were deployed,” the airport said The Colorado airport said the fire was extinguished and no injuries were reported, the outlet reported. Videos shared on social media shows flames and smoke consuming the aircraft as airport crews...