{"id":158595,"date":"2025-07-28T11:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/passengers-flee-on-emergency-slide-after-american-airlines-boeing-in-denver-suffers-landing-gear-fire-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T11:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:42:11","slug":"passengers-flee-on-emergency-slide-after-american-airlines-boeing-in-denver-suffers-landing-gear-fire-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/passengers-flee-on-emergency-slide-after-american-airlines-boeing-in-denver-suffers-landing-gear-fire-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Passengers flee on emergency slide after American Airlines Boeing in Denver suffers landing gear fire – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Passengers evacuated an American Airlines jet at Denver International Airport on emergency slides<\/a> after the landing gear caught fire during an aborted takeoff, sending black smoke billowing into the air.
One of the 173 passengers was hospitalized with minor injuries while exiting the Boeing 737 MAX 8<\/a> that had been due to fly to Miami International Airport on Saturday, according to officials.
A video shared with NBC News by a passenger, who wished to remain anonymous, showed the aircraft gathering speed on the runway \u2014 before a loud bang was heard followed by strong vibrations and the plane stopping. Meanwhile a round piece of debris was seen rolling from underneath the plane and off the side of the runway.
“I heard a loud boom so I knew something blew up under the plane,” passenger Mark Tsurkis told NBC News<\/a>. “I said, ‘That’s not good,’ and right away the captain started slowing the plane down. Then somebody said, ‘Look!’ So we looked on the left side, in the window, and we see one of the wheels of the plane” rolling away.
Once the aircraft came to a halt, Tsurkis said, he started to smell burning. “Somebody screamed, ‘Fire!,'” he said. “So they opened up the emergency doors and we slid down on those inflatable slides.”
Five people were checked by medics at the scene and one was taken to the hospital, the airline said. Other passengers received criticism online after videos showed them carrying cabin bags while leaving the burning aircraft.
\u201cRemember, during emergency evacuations, it\u2019s important for passengers to follow crew instructions,\u201d Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wrote on X. \u201cLeave your luggage behind!\u201d
This has become such an endemic problem \u2014 passengers stopping to get their bags during emergencies \u2014 that the Federal Aviation Administration carried out a study published in December<\/a>. Though there were several recommendations, the conclusion was clear: “Passenger retrieval of baggage slows down an evacuation.”
American Airlines said its flight 3023 experienced \u201ca maintenance issue\u201d involving \u201can aircraft tire\u201d before takeoff at around 2:45 p.m. It said the passengers and six crew members had all left the plane \u201csafely\u201d and that the aircraft was taken out of service to be inspected by the airline\u2019s engineers.
\u201cWe thank our team members for their professionalism and apologize to our customers for their experience,\u201d it said, adding that passengers were due to take another flight to Miami later the same day.
The FAA said it would investigate.
Alexander Smith is a senior reporter for\u00a0NBC News Digital based in London.
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