21 People were injured at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, an American Airlines Boeing 767 caught fire as it departs the runway last Friday. Crew members were prompted to evcauate the passengers the right-side of the plance continues to be on fire.
All 161 passengers and 9 crew members, safely withdrawn from the aircraft received no critical injuries. None of the injuries were from the fire incident, about 21 people were delivered to the hospital for minor bruising and injured ankle from evacuation emergency slides.
Calmness reigned the passengers, there was no large commotion as reported by Reuters. Distress, only caused some minor shouting as they went on the emergency slides. The fog in the cabin area and breathing hazard fueled the anxiety.
Boeing 767 was bound for Miami, the plane fully loaded with 19,000 kg of fuel headed down the runway at 2:30pm last Oct. 28. Timothy Sampey,Airport fire Chief Timothy Sampey, mentioned that the No. 2 engine was the one caught on fire. It had stopped the plane's departure they noticed the smoke billowing and called distress signal.
Federal officials discussed on The Weather Channel that, the caused of the fire was an isolated case, it is the only time a serious case of engine failure happened. The malfunction caused the engine parts to break apart and burst out. The pieces posed harm as it became sharpnels, it was the caused of the aircraft's damage.
"This could have been absolutely devastating if it happened later," Chief Sampey added on CNN.
The fire repondents can't hide their happiness, the leaking fuel from the airplane could have been a massive disastrous problem if it was caught on by the fire. More unimaginable circumstances were nightmare for everyone, it was a blessing that the fire didn't reach the fuel.
After 130 departing flight and 170 inbounding flight delays, the operations in Chicago O'Hare Airport's north-side resumed the operation.
Here is a live-video of the incident:
