Passenger recounts moments during fiery Houston plane crash: 'We thought it was going to explode'

The trip of a lifetime for 21 passengers came to an abrupt end on Oct. 19 after a Houston plane crashed and burned without even lifting off the runway.

The aircraft intended to land in Boston, Massachusetts for Game 4 of the American League Championship Series but passengers in the MD-87 never got off the ground. Instead, it rolled through a fence and caught fire in a field near the Houston Executive Airport, KHOU reported.

"WCOEM & WCSO are responding to a plane crash at Houston Executive Airport involving an MD-80 aircraft that was taking off from the airport heading north," Waller County Office of Emergency Management said in an Oct. 19 tweet. "Early reports indicate that all 19 passengers and crew safely exited the aircraft with a report of 1 injury. AVOID THE AREA."

All 21 aboard the McDonnell Douglas MD-87 –18 passengers and three crew members – survived the crash, told by KHOU.

The plane is registered to a J. Alan Kent, who is the corporate owner of Flair Builders, a Houston-based custom homebuilder, told by ABC 13.

"It was going to be the trip of a lifetime and then I came to a quick halt," said a passenger who wished to remain anonymous, told by KHOU. "Going down the runway, and it just all the sudden they slammed on the brakes."

Owned by James Alan Kent, the airplane that crashed led to no serious injuries, including the 10-year-old boy on board. Two passengers were taken to the hospital, told by KHOU.

“Things were flying around and when it finally came to a stop, they just said, 'Get out, get out,' because we thought it was going to explode," the passenger said, told by KHOU. "It was already on fire before we got out of it!" 

KHOU reports that the crash is currently under investigation.