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LISTEN: United pilot called 'mayday, mayday' amid engine failure after Denver takeoff By Stephen Sorace experienced engine failure shortly after takeoff from Denver International Airport on Saturday, according to new audio. The Boeing 777 was heading from Denver to Honolulu with 231 passengers and 10 crew aboard when its right engine failed and erupted in flames. The plane quickly lost altitude and dropped huge pieces of the engine casing and chunks of fiberglass onto the neighborhoods below. Advertisement "Denver, uh, departure. United 328, heavy," the Flight 328 pilot says. "Mayday, aircra...

The Denver Tower replies: "Yes, 328 heavy, say again, read all that again." "Denver, uh, departure. United 328, heavy," the Flight 328 pilot says. "Mayday, aircraft, uh, just experienced engine failure, need a turn immediately." The plane landed safely back at the airport and no injuries were reported on the ground where the debris had rained down. Much of the debris landed in Commons Park and in the Northmoor and Red Leaf neighborhoods of Broomfield, which is about 20 miles north of downtown Denver.  Debris from a Boeing 777 commercial jet landed in front of a home near Broomfield, ...

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