An airplane landing gear, the structure that supports a plane’s wheels and allows it to move when in contact with the ground, caught fire when it made an emergency landing at Miami International Airport on Tuesday.
On the airline plane low cost More than 130 people were traveling on RED Air Dominican Republic, including passengers (126) and crew members (11). Three people had to be hospitalized but were not seriously injured, according to CBS Miami.
The videos that circulate on social networks illustrate the moment in which the aircraft made contact with the ground and caused a fire source, which forced the passengers to rush out of the plane. This fire was extinguished on the spot.
????????? — VIDEO UPDATE: The moment the Red Air plane carrying 126 passengers crashed earlier at Miami International Airport. As reported, only 3 people were transported to the hospital and are being treated for minor injuries.
— Belaaz News (@TheBelaaz) June 22, 2022
#Florida ????????? | Plane with 126 passengers, from the Dominican Republic, caught fire after landing in #miami airport. The MD-82 aircraft, Red Air Flight 203, had landed when the landing gear collapsed and caught fire. 3 people with minor injuries. pic.twitter.com/eBok7Xuwhj
— The informant (@theinformantofc) June 22, 2022
Close-up video of passengers getting off the plane | #ONLYDADE pic.twitter.com/o3YyMU9mgx
— ONLY in DADE (@ONLYinDADE) June 22, 2022
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava reacted to the incident by praising the work of the firefighters, who “made a miracle happen” and who “ran to the scene and arrived within a minute.”
Meanwhile, an investigation has been opened to investigate the causes of failures in the plane’s landing structure, which caused the fire and forced the passengers to escape.
Source: Observadora
