Video posted to social media showed passengers evacuating the aircraft using a slide as smoke and flames billowed from below the rear of the plane.

Passengers slid down an emergency slide of a smoking jet at Denver's airport due to a possible problem with the plane's landing gear, authorities said.

DENVER — Passengers and crewmembers were removed from a plane after what Denver International Airport is calling a "reported issue" with the aircraft. DIA shared on social media at 3:41 p.m. Saturday that airport first responders and the Denver Fire Department responded to an issue that was reported regarding an American Airlines flight.