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More than 160 passengers and crew members on the american airlines flight rushed down emergency slides to escape the flames. >> there was a big ball of red flames blew up from that window. that's all i can tell you. i was -- i got out of there as fast as i can, too. and we're all moving towards the exits. >> reporter: 20 people suffered minor injuries during the investigation. >> this could have been absolutely devastating. if it happened later. if it happened farther -- i mean, there's a thousand variables, but, again, they brought the aircraft to halt. the tower did a great job communicating...

Farther. there's a thousands variables, but again, they brought the aircraft to halt. the tower did a great job communicating with the pilot. and they got everybody off that plane. >> it was like a fire ball, running fuel fire down the runway leading to the jets. >> the scare in chicago came on the same afternoon a separate plane caught fire at ft. lauderdale international airport. that incident involved a fedex cargo plane. >> oh! >> cell phone video shows a large piece of debris flying in the air through large flames near the rear of the aircraft. the plane's landing gear collapsed on arriva...