Passengers and crew were evacuated via slides from an American Airlines flight at Denver International Airport on Saturday after the aircraft aborted takeoff.

One person was taken to the hospital Saturday afternoon after an equipment problem on an American Airlines flight at Denver International Airport forced passengers and crew to evacuate onto the

Mark Tsurkis, 50, a passenger aboard the flight, told ABC News he heard "a loud boom," as the plane was about to take off. "I said, 'That's not good,'" Tsurkis said, at which point the plane began to slow down,