3 hospitalized after commercial plane landing gear collapsed at Miami International Airport

The flight was arriving from Santo Domingo at 5:30 p.m. when the gear collapsed and induced a fireplace.

In response to Chin, 126 passengers had been on board the plane. Three folks had been taken to a hospital with minor accidents, he stated.

When fireplace crews arrived on scene, they noticed the wing of the plane was on fireplace, stated Erika Benitez, a spokesperson for Miami-Dade Hearth and Rescue.

Crews used specialised foam vehicles and carried out a main search to make sure all passengers had been off the plane.

Crews additionally labored to mitigating gasoline spillage, Miami-Dade Hearth and Rescue stated.

Two outbound flights had been delayed to date within the space the place the plane landed.

CNN has reached out to Crimson Air for remark.

The Nationwide Transportation Security Board stated the plane was a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, and it’ll ship a workforce of investigators to the incident website on Wednesday.

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