Terrible: The flight was on its way from the Dominican Republic when the landing gear apparently collapsed, leading the jet to catch fire as it approached Miami International Airport.
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On Tuesday, June 21, a jet carrying more than 100 people was forced to crash land at Miami International Airport after the landing gear broke.
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When the Red Air plane skidded along the runway on its belly, it tore through a communications tower before coming to a halt on the grass. The plane had just arrived from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Social media users posted videos and pictures of the aircraft's nose being crushed to bits and black smoke rising from a fire on its left wing.
Another video showed the jet skidding across the runway on its belly before colliding with the tower, which caught fire.
Some of the 11 crew members and 126 passengers on board the aircraft could be seen rushing away from danger in the video that was posted online.
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After the jet landed at 5:38 p.m., three persons were sent to a hospital for minor injuries (EST).
Paola Garcia, who was traveling on the flight, told CBS Miami: "I thought I was going to die, actually. There was an old man next to me and I was hugging him. It was horrible.
"We were bumping from side to side and all the windows like break and then everything's fine. Then the people start running and running and I like jump and start running because there was fire and all that."
Another passenger, Balo Delgado, told the source that when he and his fellow travelers observed the firefighters at work, their initial fear was swiftly replaced by reassurance.
He said: "Panic, almost panic. it was a terrible experience, actually, but like I said I feel safe.
"It happened like one minute and then you could see all the officers through the window doing their jobs."
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According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the incident happened after the aircraft's landing gear failed. Per a tweet from airport officials, the front landing gear collapse in the aircraft's nose appears to be what started the fire, Sky News reports.
The National Transportation Safety Board announced a team to look into the fire on Twitter.
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It was a part of a fleet that belonged to Red Air, a low-cost airline established in the Dominican Republic only last year.
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Flights were delayed due to the collision; a Miami Airport official informed MailOnline.