United Airlines passengers share reactions to midair engine explosion
CNNCNN — The loud boom was unmistakable aboard United Flight 328 just after takeoff on Saturday. “There was a big boom and the kind of sound you don’t want to hear when you’re on the airplane,” Loock, who was flying with his wife, said in a phone call. “I just worried about my kids because they’re not with us so they’re away at school and this is our first vacation alone in 21 years.” “Initially I think it was fairly panicked,” Dan Smith of Portland, Maine, told KCNC, “but I think people did a good job of calming down.” Brenda Dohn, who was traveling with her kids, saw smoke outside the window and knew something wasn’t right. “My daughter was sitting on the window and I was just like, ‘Don’t look, let’s close it up, and let’s just pray,’” she told CNN affiliate KUSA. “Debris started raining down, which you know, sort of looked like it was floating down and not very heavy, but actually now looking at it, it’s giant metal pieces all over the place,” he said.
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