In the video uploaded by CBC News on Youtube, American Airlines passengers can be seen panicking as they slide off the burning plane.
The American Airlines Boeing 767 plane’s right-side engine failed and caught fire during an attempted takeoff from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Friday afternoon
The burning American Airlines aircraft threw some debris as far as a half mile, as its passengers hurriedly down emergency slides onto the runway of the airport.
It was reported that the General Electric engine suffered an apparent “uncontained” fire.
The burning American Airlines plane carried 161 passengers and nine crew members, who were all terrified and scrambled to safety upon the sight of flames on the right side of the plane.
The plane was loaded with about 43,000 pounds of fuel, according to Airport Fire Chief Timothy Sampey.
The American Airlines crew responded to a report of a No. 2 engine on fire but luckily, it had stopped well before the end of the runway, or else… something worst could have happened.
Watch the video uploaded by CBC News on Youtube on the next page.