Passengers were seen fleeing from an American Airlines jet on the runway at Denver International Airport on July 26 as plumes of smoke billowed from the aircraft’s belly.
A video posted to Instagram from passenger Mark Tsurkis showed passengers, some carrying small children, evacuating via the emergency slides amid the smoke and flames.
The jet experienced a “mechanical issue on takeoff roll at Denver International Airport,” which involved an “aircraft tire,” American Airlines told Reuters in a statement. The airline said all 173 passengers and six crew members exited the aircraft safely, and the plane was “taken out of service to be inspected” by American Airlines’ maintenance team….