FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A FedEx plane burst into flames Friday on a Fort Lauderdale runway, the same day that an American Airlines flight was evacuated in Chicago after catching fire.
The Federal Aviation Administration said that the landing gear of FedEx Flight 910 collapsed after it touched down, sending the DC-10 skidding along the runway before the aircraft caught fire. The plane was flying from Memphis, Tennessee.
No one was injured during the crash, and FedEx issued a statement that the pilots were safe.
Firefighters sprayed the plane with foam and extinguished the blaze.
Officials at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport shut down the runway after the fire and issued a ground stop, but the south runway reopened around 7 p.m. The north runway remained closed for investigation.
