Terrible debris came from the skies Saturday over the U.S. city of Denver.
Denver, United States:
A United Airlines plane suffered a fire engine failure Saturday shortly after takeoff from Denver for Hawaii, dropping massive debris on a residence before landing safely, officials said.
A video from the inside of the plane – which had 231 passengers and 10 crew on board – showed the right engine lowering and soaring on the wing of the Boeing 777-200, which was completely covered while missing. in which the plane was flying over a barren landscape.
No one was injured in the plane or on the ground, authorities said.
“I can honestly say I thought we were going to die at one point – because we started to drop altitude right after the explosion,” said passenger David Delucia to the Denver Post.
A UA328 flight from Denver to Honolulu failed in an engine shortly after takeoff, it returned safely to Denver and was met by emergency crews as a warning. There are no injuries on board. We are in contact with the FAA, NTSB and local law enforcement.
– United Airlines (@united) February 20, 2021
“I grabbed my wife’s hand and said, ‘We’re ready.'”
Delucia said his daughter tweeted the online video, which was shot by another passenger.
“A UA328 flight from Denver to Honolulu failed in an engine shortly after takeoff, returned safely to Denver and was met by emergency crews as a warning,” United Airlines said in a statement.
“Most of the original buyers of UA328 are on the way to Honolulu on a new flight,” he said, noting that those who did not want to travel in the immediately.
“Mayday, mayday”
In a recording of the distress call received from the LiveATC website, which broadcasts air traffic communications, the pilot requested an emergency permit to return to Denver.
“Sixty-eight, uh, heavy. We’ve failed in an engine, we have to turn. Mayday, mayday,” he said, without an obvious shock in his voice.
“Mayday, plane, uh, just an engine failed,” he said, after the tower asked him to do it again. “Need to turn around immediately.”
Meanwhile, residents on the banks of the Denver in Broomfield found large pieces of the plane scattered around their community, including a large round piece of metal that landed in the Kirby Klements garden.
“It was a little awful,” he told CNN.
“He came to a square on top of my truck and fell off,” he said, noting that a large piece of debris had been drilled into a five-foot (1.5-meter) hole in a neighbor’s roof.