India, March 14 -- The passengers of an American Airlines plane that caught fire Thursday night had to stand on the locked wing to escape after the plane made its emergency landing at Denver International Airport.

The incident happened after the flight took off from Colorado Springs airport and was flying to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport but made an emergency landing in Denver due to reported "engine vibrations," the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement.

"After landing and while taxiing to the gate an engine caught fire," the statement read.

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