Passengers on an American Airlines flight were forced to flee the aircraft via the wing after an engine burst into flames. The American Airlines flight 1006 was travelling from Colorado Springs to Dallas Fort Worth when the crew suddenly began to feel “engine vibrations”,

American Airlines passengers were forced to evacuate onto a plane’s wing at Denver International Airport after their aircraft caught fire.

Smoke can be seen billowing around the travellers as they flee the aircraft via one of the wings and the emergency slides yesterday afternoon.