Footage shows passengers huddled on the wing of the commercial airliner, which was on the tarmac, as flames burn under the aircraft.

An American Airlines plane caught fire Denver International Airport while taxiing to the gate after landing Thursday evening — forcing passengers to evacuate onto the plane's wing, video from the scene shows.

Passengers on an American Airlines flight were forced to flee the aircraft via the wing after an engine burst into flames. The American Airlines flight 1006 was travelling from Colorado Springs to Dallas Fort Worth when the crew suddenly began to feel “engine vibrations”,