RELATED: Plane debris falls from sky onto Colo. neighborhood during emergency landingThe United Boeing 777-200, headed from Denver to Honolulu on Saturday with 231 passengers and 10 crew aboard, suffered a catastrophic failure in its right engine and flames erupted under the wing as the plane began to lose altitude.The plane landed safely at Denver International Airport, and no one on board or on the ground was hurt, authorities said.
But both those in the air and on the ground were deeply shaken.RELATED: LISTEN: United pilot called 'mayday, mayday' amid engine failure after Denver takeoffOn the ground, police taped off the locations where the debris landed and are asking those in the area not to touch or move it.