Imagine landing at the airport and seeing a plane on fire, black smoke filling the sky and then an explosion rocking the runway.
That’s exactly what happened at the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport Friday.
“There was a trail of fire it was like a fireball running fuel fire down the runway leading to the jet,” said Broward Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Mike Jachles.
The FAA said it started shortly before 6 p.m. when FedEx cargo plane, a DC-10 coming into FLL from Memphis, had its main landing gear collapse and catch fire.
According to CBS News Correspondent Kris Van Cleave, both pilots escaped from aircraft.
“They evacuated the aircraft using a rope ladder on the right side of the jet they were not injured fortunately,” Jachles said.
A member of the airports fire rescue team just so happened to see this fire start and immediately radioed the call-in. READ MORE
Video from CBS4 Miami via Inform.com – CBS Miami’s Tiani Jones reports.
