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15 Hurt In Rough Landing At Sacto Airport
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The flight sits on the Sacramento runway minutes after evacuation.
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Fifteen people have been injured after a JetBlue Airbus made a hard landing and blew four tires before catching fire. The flight had to be evacuated at Sacramento International Airport Thursday afternoon.
The Airbus A320 touched down just before 1:00 p.m. A fire broke out and the crew deployed the emergency slides to evacuate the plane.
A passenger who was on the plane told CBS that he heard a bang and the plane stopped quickly after landing.
"We were then told to start evacuating very abruptly, you know 'Get out! Get out! Get out!," said the witness, identified only as Elvis. "(After I was off) I looked back under the plane and it was on fire and all four tires were out."
The fire was quickly extinguished. Emergency crews set-up a triage area to treat injured passengers. Fifteen people were reported injured.
The flight, which came in from Long Beach, had 86 passengers and 5 crew members on board.
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