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Posts related to the videos and photos of the United Airlines plane that caught fire mid-air has taken social media by storm, on Sunday.

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An engine of the United airlines plane that took off from Denver, Colorado in USA to Honolulu, Hawaii caught fire mid-air and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Large chunks of debris from the plane rained from the sky in the neighboring town of Broomfield, Colorado.

In the same regard, social media users across the globe shared pictures and videos of the plane while it was on-air, as well as of the debris made way into the ground from mid-air.

Debris from the plane that fell on the ground has been captured. Photo courtesy: Twitter/Inquirer
Debris from the plane that fell on the ground has been captured. Photo courtesy: Twitter/Inquirer

Engine catches fire after mid-air failure as captured from below. Photo courtesy: Twitter/Inquirer
Engine catches fire after mid-air failure as captured from below. Photo courtesy: Twitter/Inquirer

The plane is said to have had an emergency landing at Denver International Airport. Fortunately, no injures have been reported due to the incident. However, the catastrophic engine failure frightened the onboard passengers.