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What: Delta Airlines Boeing 757-300 en route from Detroit to Phoenix
Where: Colorado Springs
When: Dec 30, 2010
Who: 225 passengers
Why: While en route from Detroit to Phoenix, the plane’s right engine developed engine problems. The pilot shut down the affected engine and diverted to Colorado Springs where they made a safe landing 3/4 of an hour later. On landing, however, one of the wheel-wells overheated when the landing gear caught fire.
Passengers evacuated via emergency slides, which resulted in two injured passengers. The injured were hospitalized.
The rest of the passengers were to be booked on alternative flights.
