We’ve all been following the story of the airliner that veered off a Denver airport runway, burst into flames — and nearly broke apart! Well, firefighters said earlier today that it was a miracle that no one was killed.
There’s still no word on the cause of the crash, though FIAA investigators have been on the scene since early this afternoon.
But we do know that the entire right side of the Boeing 737 was burned in the Saturday evening accident and melted plastic from overhead compartments dripped onto the seats!
“It was a miracle … that everybody survived the impact and the fire,” Bill Davis, an assistant Denver fire chief assigned to the airport, said. “It was just amazing.”
A crack went around much of the fuselage, and the left engine had broken off and was found about 30 feet away. The plane came to a rest about 200 yards from one of the airport’s four fire stations. Passengers (who left the plane on emergency slides) walked out of the ravine in 24-degree cold and crowded inside the station.
Thirty-eight people were injured, and the two whom you’ve heard were in “critical condition” were upgraded earlier today — one to “serious,” one to “fair”. Fewer than seven people were still in the hospital Sunday morning.
Apparently, the plane hadn’t started taking off, but went off-course almost 700 yards from the runway’s end. It came to rest in the snow-covered ravine. At the time of the accident, the weather was cold, but it wasn’t snowing.
Again — and, this, according to the professionals — it’s a miracle that none the passengers died in the crash.
And what better time for a miracle than at Christmas, huh??
Well, that’s all for this post. Of course, comments are always welcome (btw, I’m gonna address some of those comments at the first of the week.). So, until tomorrow, remember:
“When you see the shadow crossing, The Eagle’s in the air …”
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