The Denver Fire Department said it quickly extinguished the fire beneath the plane, which may have started from a combination of the blown tire and the abrupt braking of the airplane, which was heade...

Passengers slid down an emergency slide of a smoking jet at Denver's airport due to a possible problem with the plane's landing gear, authorities said.

“About halfway to takeoff speed, we hear a big bang and a pop,” passenger Shaun Williams told KUSA-TV.