Overview
- All 173 passengers and six crew members evacuated via emergency slides after smoke and flames appeared under the left landing gear of Flight 3023 on Runway 34L.
- Denver Fire Department personnel extinguished a brake fire that ignited from a failed tire during the aborted takeoff.
- One passenger was hospitalized with a minor injury and five others were treated at the scene, according to airport and airline reports.
- American Airlines removed the Boeing 737 MAX 8 from service for maintenance inspection and rebooked travelers on replacement flights later that day.
- The FAA has opened an investigation and Denver International Airport imposed a brief ground stop that delayed about 90 departures.