It has been one year since a United Airlines engine broke apart and caught fire after takeoff, dropping debris on a Colorado neighborhood.
departed Denver International Airport on Feb. 20, 2021, on its way to Honolulu.
“I was shoveling snow last week and found a little more hunk of that carbon fiber sitting on the sidewalk,” said Kirby Klements. “I was like, really?! It’s been a year!” “We heard a loud boom and it was enough that you questioned what it was. It wasn’t a car backfiring or anything like that. We just looked at each other,” said Klements. “We didn’t realize what it was until I opened the door and stepped outside. It was the front end of a jet engine.”
BROOMFIELD, CO – FEBRUARY 20: Pieces of an airplane engine from Flight 328 sit scattered in a neighborhood on February 20, 2021 in Broomfield, Colorado. An engine on the Boeing 777 exploded after takeoff from Denver prompting the flight to return to Denver International Airport where it landed safely. “We would see it in the morning when we left and at night when we came back,” said Klements.
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