Dozens of passengers were forced to stand on the wing of an American Airlines plane at Denver International Airport as they evacuated the aircraft after one of its engines caught fire Thursday evening,

Footage shows passengers huddled on the wing of the commercial airliner, which was on the tarmac, as flames burn under the aircraft.

An American Airlines plane caught fire on the runway at Denver Airport in Colorado, as passengers were forced to evacuate. Footage shows dozens of passengers escaping onto the aircraft’s wing as thick black smoke consumed part of the plane on Thursday (13 March).