Marisol Cohen had just finished a work conference in Colorado Springs and boarded American Airlines Flight 1006 bound for Dallas-Fort Worth. However, shortly after takeoff, the flight crew made an unsettling announcement.

"Within five minutes of flying they came over the loudspeaker and said ‘We have bad news. We have to divert the plane to Denver because there’s a rattle in one of the engines,’" Cohen told FOX13 News Tampa.

Once the plane safely landed in Denver, Cohen heard someone scream "Fire!" The Tampa resident described feeling heat from flames visible near the right wing.

"They were right here billowing," Cohen recalled "They were orange and entire plane filled with black smoke instantly. "

Cohen explained that passengers at front and back evacuated quickly but there was delay opening emergency exit row door for those in middle.

"I was yelling 'Open door! Open door! We're going explode! ' And finally someone did," Cohen recounted.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced "The NTSB is investigating a March13 incident involving an American Airlines-operated Boeing737-800 that made an emergency landing in Denver Colorado due engine concerns."

A replacement Boeing737-8 MAX registration N304RB eventually transported passengers Dallas with delay approximately7.5 hours.