American Airlines plane bursting into flames on video

American Airlines plane bursting into flames on video

Video has emerged showing firefighters rushing to the scene of a horrifying plane fire this past October. 

American Airlines Flight 383 from Chicago's O'Hare Airport to Miami was just about to take off on October 28, when the right engine suddenly caught fire.

Airport surveillance videos obtained by NBC Chicago show the pilots immediately grounding the plane, when fire and thick plumes of black smoke started coming out of the back of the plane. 

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Video has surfaced showing the October 28 plane fire at Chicago's O'Hare Airport

The above footage taken from the airport shows the plane catching fire just as it was about to take off 

The pilots quickly brought the plane to a stop as black flames erupted from the aircraft 

Above, another view of the plane catching fire from another angle at the airport 

It's believed that a right engine flew apart and severed a fuel line, which then ignited a fire

Footage from what appears to be a control tower at the airport shows thick smoke coming from the tarmac 

NBC also obtained dashcam video from the fire engines that responded to the plane. 

Fire crews at the airport were immediately notified of the fire and started spraying the burning plane with foam as soon as it came to a stop on the tarmac. 

The NTSB is still investigating what caused the plane to catch fire, but it's believed that a fan disk in the right engine flew apart and severed a fuel line, which then ignited a fire. 

Witnesses believe the plane would have exploded if the pilots had actually taken off. 

New footage was also released, showing firefighters rushing to the fire to put out the flames 

The firefighters sprayed the plane with white foam, which is better at putting out fires started from jet fuel 

Instead, the pilots brought the plane to a stop just 26 seconds after the fire started, getting down from a speed of 147 miles per hour. 

The nine crew helped get all 161 passengers off the plane within two minutes and 21 seconds of coming to a stop. 

There were a few injuries but none of them were due to the actual fire.   

Hector Cardenas was one of the passengers to capture the terror of the evacuation on video, showing passengers who were begging each other to leave the plane faster after it caught on fire.  

'Please let us out too,' someone can be heard saying in the video as the passengers line up to go down the escape chute slides.

All 161 passengers and nine crew members got off the plane safely in the incident 

The NTSB is still investigating exactly what caused the plane to burst into flames 

There were some injuries, but none were sustained from the actual flames or smoke 

Above, survivors of the plane fire move away from the plane after the incident back in October 

'F*****g go,' one man screams as another woman simply wails 'Please' as she tries to get to the exit faster.

Cardenas then goes down the slide and lets out a scream as the passengers begin falling on top of each other before reaching the tarmac.

'Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God,' Cardenas can be heard saying from behind the camera as he turns it on the plane, a massive cloud of black smoke filling the air.

Sarah Ahmed, one of the last people off the plane, said smoke began to seep into the passenger compartment and she could see flames up against the windows.

A month after the incident, 18 passengers filed a lawsuit, claiming their lives were put in danger because of the plane's 'unsafe construction'.

Multiple passengers recorded the terror on board after the plane caught fire

In November, 18 passengers filed a lawsuit saying that their lives were put in danger because of 'unsafe construction' 

The lawsuit names American Airlines, aircraft manufacturer Boeing Inc. and engine manufacturer General Election Aviation.

The lawsuit claims GE sold a faulty engine that Chicago-based Boeing used to assemble an unsafe aircraft, The Chicago Sun-Times reported.

The passengers also claim American Airlines employees should have done a better job inspecting the plane.

They contend employees failed to provide 'assistance, supervision and instruction' during evacuation. 

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