An American Airlines flight leaving Tampa, Florida, was forced to abort after one of its tires caught fire moments before takeoff on Wednesday, July 10.
Video captured by plane spotter @CaptainStevenMarkovich shows the moment the tire burst and caught fire as the plane gained speed on the runway at Tampa International Airport.
Additional footage shows airport firefighters extinguishing the flames.
American Airlines Flight 590 – a Boeing 737-800 aircraft – was scheduled to depart for Phoenix, Arizona, at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The flight was canceled after the incident, according to flight tracking services. Credit: @CaptainStevenMarkovich via Storyful
Video transcript
Wow.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh, our blown tire rolled.
Trucks roll trucks, trucks roll, emergency, emergency, emergency, boy, we’re on fire and we’ve got a crew.
There are 590.
0, my God.
Where are the trucks?
Where is someone?
I don’t think the tower realized the gravity of this.
There will be things all over the track.
I think I see fire under the plane and, uh, this will be good for, uh, one of them.
Fuck.
I think they’re on fire.
This is a 787 at this time.
Roger clue one.
No, to take off, get someone there, get the trucks rolling.
Oh my God.
Where is everyone?
59 is on fire, guys pay 1258 cart hour when we go into electronic, the way it is 4 58 12.
It’s the real deal, folks.
The car from American Five Night.
We are sending a vehicle here from the airport.
Thank you very much American five nights.
I don’t think the aircraft even realizes there’s a fire.
I’m sure they can’t see it.
They just thought they blew a tire.
Oh, man, they were so close to taking off, oh, for our American kind.
I have 590 for.
Do you want me to get down?
Hey, do you want to be on the phone or are they all really good.
Discover that everything seems fine out there.
OK. Yes, I have this ground pointed out here.
It looks good out there.
You’re on fire.
Here we go, see the smoke coming out.
They’re putting out the fire now, so we take them to the, to, and run away from a boy.
Fortunately, what I like is watching the water spray rising from below as you put out the fire.
Rise.
I set 191.
Definitely.
392.
Good morning, 3631 has the Tampa Sal in Atlanta left, I won’t go.
