Passengers
on flights to Denver and New York got more than what they bargained for this
week. On Wednesday, passengers aboard American Airlines Flight 445 from
Charlotte were forced to exit the plane using emergency chutes after smoke
filled the passenger cabin.
Andy
Aldridge, a passenger from North Carolina said light smoke began to fill the
cabin during approach to Denver. Once the plane was on the ground the flight
captain told passengers very directly to ‘disembark’ from the aircraft. Then
the emergency doors opened and one by one, passengers evacuated the plane.
Emergency personnel told passengers to ‘leave their bags’ as they were hurried
off the aircraft.
According
to CBS Denver, only one passenger was injured after slipping on the icy
runway. No sign of fire was found in the aftermath of the incident, nor do
officials know what the source of the smoke was. American Airlines and the
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will be conducting an
investigation.
The
day after the American incident in Denver, a Delta flight landing at LaGuardia
Airport in New York slid off a runway and hit a border fence. The runway
accident happened at around 11:10 a.m. in the middle of a serious snowstorm. Delta
Flight 1086 departed from Atlanta earlier that morning with 127 passengers and
five crew members.
Officials
said there did not appear to be any serious injuries, though at least two
people were taken to area hospitals. LaGuardia remained closed for hours after
the runway incident, eventually reopening in the afternoon.
Footage
of the incident shows the McDonnell Douglas MD-88 plane with it’s nose
protruding through a fence at the edge of the airport. The New York City Fire
Department said the accident caused a minor fuel leak.
According to CNBC, the NTSB will
investigate the LaGuardia incident.
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