PLANE CRASH LANDS AT MIAMI AIRPORT

An MD-82 jetliner with 126 passengers on board and 11 crew members crash landed at Miami International Airport and caught on fire at 5:30 pm local time Tuesday, June 21. The flight had taken off from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

The fire was caused by the collapse of the front landing gear on a Red Air flight arriving from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Miami-Dade Aviation Department spokesman Greg Chin said in an email to The Associated Press.

Three passengers were taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Other passengers were being bussed from the plane to the terminal.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue posted on Twitter that fire crews had placed the fire under control and were mitigating fuel spillage.

TV news images showed the plane appeared to have come to rest in grass beside a runway and that the aircraft and an area all around it were apparently doused with firefighters’ chemicals. At least three firefighting vehicles were positioned nearby.

The National Transportation Safety Board posted that a team would arrive at the airport by Wednesday to investigate the fire