A Boeing airplane operated by American Airlines accelerated for takeoff when a wheel caught on fire and exploded, setting off a trail of smoke. American Airlines Flight 590 was taxiing on a runaway at Tampa International Airport on Wednesday morning when its right tire lit ablaze. The Boeing 737 continued forward on the ground and did not lift off into the air as the tire combusted. ‘Whoa,’ Captain Steven Markovich can be heard saying in a video shared on KZbin.