At least 38 people were injured when a Continental Airlines plane with 115 people aboard veered off a runway, broke apart and burst into flames Saturday night in Denver.  While five people were hospitalized because of the plane crash. there were no deaths reported.

Investigators still don’t know why the Boeing 737 skidded off the runway as it attempted to take off around 6:18 MT Saturday night. According to CNN, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)  had recovered the plane’s data and voice recorders, which were sent to Washington, DC for review.  Investigators will interview crew members, review crew training and evaluate several factors, including the weather at the time of the crash and structure of the plane, CNN said.

According to the NTSB the aircraft had traveled about one third of the length of the runway when it veered to the left and skidded into a ravine.  The runway was free of snow and dry at the time of the crash, airport officials said. The plane, which was heading  for Houston, broke apart upon impact and burst into flames. The plane’s left engine was ripped away along with all the landing gear, the Associated Press said.  The fuselage was partially buckled and debris was strewn along the runway.  The plane came to rest about 200 yards from one of the airport’s four fire stations.

At a news conference Sunday, Patrick Hynes, chief of the airport division of the Denver Fire Department, said that when rescue crews arrived at the scene, they found “all chutes deployed from both sides of the aircraft, people evacuating and walking up the hillside towards them.”

Hynes said the entire right side of the aircraft was in flames and “a heck of a firefight” followed.  Fuel from the aircraft leaked for several hours after the accident, he said.

Denver airport officials told CNN that 38 people were taken to area hospitals after the accident.  Most of the injuries were broken bones or bruises. Five are still hospitalized, one in serious condition.  The assistant fire chief assigned to the airport told the Associated Press that it was a “miracle” no one aboard the jet was killed.