An American Airlines flight had to return to its origin after a bird strike disabled an engine, officials said. A post-strike fire was captured on cellphone video. It shows flames from the engine licking the airborne plane’s right wing.
A post-strike engine fire was captured on cellphone video that has been verified by NBC News. It shows flames from the No. 2 engine licking the airborne plane’s right wing., and the bird strike happened roughly at 8 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
The Boeing 737-800 had 173 passengers and crew and was carrying 30,000 pounds of fuel, according to radio traffic with an air traffic controller.The diverted version of the flight was minutes from landing at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Sunday afternoon, according to FlightAware.of Columbus that passengers were quickly made aware of the bird strike because of the sounds produced by the collision.
For domestic air travel, bird strikes are both commonplace and potentially catastrophic, blamed for 350 deaths over the history of U.S. passenger flight, according to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.The FAA defines large birds, among the most dangerous elements of nature for pilots, as those that weigh four pounds or more. “There is no aircraft engine certified to ingest a large bird without shutting down,” the agency says in a resource paper about the phenomenon.
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