Debris from a United Airlines plane fell onto the ground on emergency landing on Saturday.
The plane was forced to make an emergency landing after one of its engines burst into flames and suffered engine failure.
Barbara Underwood, a passenger on the flight, told the New York Post that she knew something was wrong when she saw the engine in flames during her flight home to Hawaii.
“I turned my texting back on and said my final goodbyes to our children. Now we didn’t know what was going to happen. It was pretty terrifying,” Underwood said.
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The anxious passenger was flying home with her husband from Denver to Honolulu on United Flight 328.
Several videos and photos surfaced on the Internet showing the engine catching fire and debris falling to the ground.
Underwood witnessed the terrifying experience with her own eyes as she looked out the window and noticed that the engine looked like it was shaking.
“And that ring thing around it just flew off and then it was just smoking. And I was just like, ‘Oh my gosh, I don’t know what’s going to happen next,” Underwood added.
She said most travelers onboard did not realize what was happening.
In a United Airlines statement, the company confirmed that the airplane landed safely, and most of the passengers boarded a new flight and traveled to Hawaii. However, those who did not want to travel were given hotel accommodations.
United Airlines reported that it’s working with federal agencies to investigate the incident.
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