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More than a square mile of suburban Denver was hit with debris from a passenger plane whose engine exploded some 15,000ft in mid-air before the aircraft's pilot managed to land safely in 'textbook' fashion as terrified people on board revealed that they were able to feel the heat from the raging fire beneath the right wing.
A United Airlines flight bound for Hawaii was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Denver after suffering major damage to one of its engines 15,000ft above ground and dropping huge pieces of debris over a neighborhood in Colorado as dramatic audio from the mayday call reveals the pilot asking air traffic control to immediately turn the aircraft around.
Video recorded by passengers aboard Flight UA328, which was carrying 231 travelers and 10 crew members, showed the engine on fire shortly after takeoff from Denver.