A runway at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago was closed Friday afternoon due to a disabled aircraft, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a tweet.
The FAA said an American Airlines Boeing 767 aborted its takeoff after blowing a tire.
It was unclear how many passengers and crew were on Flight 383 to Miami. The people on board deplaned, the FAA said.
Video tweeted by a witness on the ground showed an airliner with a large tower of smoke rising from the right side. The video showed one of the emergency slides being deployed. Other images showed heavy flames.
A helicopter for CNN affiliate WGN shot live video of a plane sitting in the middle of a runway with a darkened right wing. About half a dozen emergency vehicles surrounded the jet.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
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