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Flight. passengers on 1702 heading to fort lauderdale, florida, shortly after 6:00 p.m. on thursday. they had a scare no doubt about it. they saw smoke and smelled stench of burning tires, being bounced around within minutes of attempted takeoff. the plane was in the air only briefly and landed knows-first. the passengers jumping into action, when the flight crew yelled, evacuate. >> we removed passengers and moved them possibly 400-yard away from the airport, into the field, where we used our the police vehicles, our fire department vehicles and airport vehicles to surround the group, basical...

This friday. a routine flight turned deadly on an airplane. investigators are looking into the cause. nbc's kurt gregory describes what happens. >> reporter: scary moments for the members of a u.s. flight forced to evacuate this plane when a tire on the the front landing gear blew during takeoff. >> she said the plane took off and then it came down and went up again and then it came down again and then it basically crash landed. >> airport officials say u.s. flight 1702 was departed philadelphia international airport heading for ft. lauderdale, florida, when the aircraft experienced a mechanic...