Terrified passengers can be heard applauding and applauding easily when their United Airlines plane landed safely in Colorado after suffering a fiery engine failure in the air.
Video shared with 9 Denver News he had caught a strange silence on Flt. 328 as it approached the emergency landing on Saturday afternoon, after urgent calls in May, when one of its engines caught fire and rained debris over Denver.
The silence of the passengers was then replaced by laughter, applause and a loud “yes!” as the wheels on the Boeing 777-200 hit Denver International Airport.
Another video shared with 9 News captured some of the previous terror suffered by the plane’s 231 passengers – some of whom later admitted in interviews that they assumed they would not bring her to life.
As waiting crews sprayed water over the jet, footage inside his fuselage caught a woman moaning, while a female voice just begged “go home, please!”
The same unidentified passenger said she never wanted to “stop flying” after the terrible lack of air.
No injuries were reported aboard the Honolulu-bound plane, despite dramatic videos showing one of the engines on fire and noisy.
They were and no injuries were reported in suburban Broomfield, where huge pieces of engine and debris landed in yards, parks and vehicles.
United Airlines said it offered hotel accommodation to anyone who was too traumatized to fly home, but revealed that “most” passengers took a new flight to Honolulu.
The 26-year-old was powered by two Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines.
Investigators will focus on what caused the accident, including whether it damaged the fan blade, authorities and experts said.
Boeing said its technical advisers would help the NTSB with its survey, while United pledged to “work with federal agencies investigating the incident.”
Engine failures are rare – but potentially dangerous whenever rotating parts break through the outer casing, an event known as continuous engine failure, which experts say is what appears to have happened on Saturday.
Pilots practice how to deal with such a frequent event and would immediately stop anything flammable in the engine, including fuel and hydraulic fluid, using a single switch, said John Cox, a retired pilot who runs a safety consulting firm. Aviation, Safety Operating Systems.
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