From the 9NEWS archives: Firefighters and paramedics share their experiences responding to the Nov. 15, 1987, crash of Continental Airlines Flight 1713 at Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado.
I was in the cockpit I think and fly free okay so we were on the tarmac for okay so we're on the tarmac for like an hour or something and then they were like you have two dice again and this and that and everything was confusing cuz the deicing thing was right there and he was firing up the engine cuz they got clearance to take off and I looked out and the engine caught on fire cuz the deicer was there any fired up the engine was like oh my God fire fire fire okay am I looked up and back and everybody was still standing up and we were in the air because they didn't hear the pilots everybody sit down Abby Claire forlani we're taking off I'll wear the ephod fire fire crash
