Passengers escape burning Continental Airlines 737 jet in Denver; 38 hurt

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Passengers escape burning jet in Denver; 38 hurt

By KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press Writer

12-20-08

DENVER – Passengers expecting a flight to Texas instead had to flee their burning airliner, sprawled in a smoke-filled ravine off a runway with the fuselage partially buckled and one engine and part of its landing gear ripped off.