Passengers evacuate American Airlines jet in Denver
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Authorities say passengers had to evacuate a smoking American Airlines jet at Denver International Airport using an emergency slide.
Passengers and crew members were evacuated from a jet at Denver International Airport on Saturday due to a problem with the aircraft’s landing gear, officials said.
Frontier crew members discovered two threatening notes on a flight headed from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Denver, according to the airline.
One passenger said she a heard a loud “boom” and then the plane “started to violently shake and we were drifting to the left side of the runway.” One person was injured in the evacuation that took place Saturday in Denver.
Passengers slid down an emergency slide of a smoking jet at Denver International Airport due to a possible problem with the plane's landing gear, authorities said.
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According to the Denver Fire Department, the problem occurred on board American Airlines Flight AA3023 from Denver International Airport to Miami International Airport while the plane was still on the runway,