Wreckage from United Airlines plane in Broomfield, Colorado, February 20, 2021. – David Zalubowski/AP/SIPA
The sky scared the inhabitants of Colorado on Saturday. A rain of debris from a United Airlines plane fell in the vicinity of the city of Denver in the United States, we learned from official sources.
In the images posted on social networks, a piece of the plane in the shape of a circle, with a diameter equivalent to a front door, is visible in the middle of a garden in Broomfield, a suburb of Denver. the state capital.
Debris in the roof of a house
Kirby Clements, owner of the garden where this imposing debris of the plane landed, told CNN about a “somewhat overwhelming” experience. “It landed directly on the roof of my truck before falling next to it,” he said, adding that another equally large debris had caused a hole more than 1.5m in diameter in the roof. from a neighbor.
The flight, bound for Honolulu (Hawaii), “made a U-turn towards Denver International Airport where it landed safely after suffering a failure of its right engine just after take-off,” said on Twitter l Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). She also said that she was “aware of the reports of debris that fell along the route taken by the plane”. United Airlines said for its part that this incident did not cause any injuries on board the plane.