United Airlines flight makes emergency landing after dropping debris

Debris from a Boeing 777 rained down on suburban Denver Saturday after an engine exploded at 15,000ft and terrified passengers watched a fire rage below the aircraft's wing. Video recorded by passengers aboard Flight UA328, which was carrying 231 travelers and 10 crew members, shows the engine on fire A United Airlines flight has made an emergency landing after dropping several pieces of debris in Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday Flames could be seen coming from the engine of the plane after it exploded at 15,000ft. Video: Troy Lewis #9news pic.twitter.com/wyYqlEEJgZ — Chris Vanderveen February 20, 2021 Pieces of the aircraft landed on a football field as seen in the above image posted to Twitter by a local resident in Broomfield Police in Broomfield released this photo showing debris from the United Airlines aircraft strewn across a football field Pieces of debris are seen above on a local football field in Broomfield, Colorado - a suburb located 25 miles north of Denver A piece of the aircraft is seen above near a residence in the Denver suburb of Broomfield on Saturday afternoon More debris is seen above on a turf football field at Commons Park in the Denver suburb of Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday Another piece of debris from the Boeing 777 that suffered engine failure over Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday is seen above at Commons Park The aerial image above shows a piece of an airplane that fell from United Flight 328 sitting in the median of Sheridan Boulevard in Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday The same piece of debris is seen above from another angle in this photo taken by a drone in Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday MORE VIDEO from United Flight 328 Flight took off around 12:49pm. Police tape blocks a street where debris fallen from a United Airlines airplane's engine lay scattered through the neighborhood of Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday A North Metro firefighter walks past airplane debris on Elmwood St. near E. 13th Avenue in Broomfield on Saturday Authorities said debris from the Boeing 777 was scattered over a square mile in suburban Denver on Saturday Another piece of airplane debris is seen above in the Denver suburb of Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday Investigators said it was a miracle that nobody on the ground was injured by the falling debris on Saturday Neighbors head back to their homes after looking over debris that fell off a plane that shed parts over a neighborhood in Broomfield A National Transportation Safety Board investigator confers with a Broomfield, Colorado Police Department officer on the street in front of a home peppered by parts from a plane as it was making an emergency landing at nearby Denver International Airport on Saturday The image above shows a man walking past airplane parts scattered on a soccer field at Commons Park in Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday Kirby Klements talks about a piece of debris that crushed his pickup truck parked next to his home in Broomfield Cain told CNN he and his kids took shelter under an overhang as the debris came down. Pieces of an airplane engine are seen above in a residential neighborhood of the Denver suburb of Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday Neighbors gather on the lawn next to the home of Kirby Klements after a piece of debris crushed the man's pickup truck parked next to his home in Broomfield A local resident of Broomfield walks her dog next to a piece of airplane debris on Saturday afternoon A local resident of the Denver suburb of Broomfield, Colorado rides his bicycle past a piece of airplane debris on Saturday A piece of debris from a commercial airplane is surrounded by police tape on a strip along Midway Boulevard in Broomfield on Saturday A piece of debris from the United Airlines plane is seen above on a lawn in the Denver suburb of Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday Authorities put up yellow tape around a piece of debris that landed in a residential neighborhood of the Denver suburb of Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday Additional debris was found scattered across turf field at Commons Park The image above shows smoke emanating from the damaged engine on the left The image above was taken by a passenger on board.