American Airlines Strikes Geese After Takeoff, Video Shows Fiery Aftermath
A Boeing 737-800 headed to Phoenix from John Glenn Columbus International Airport in Ohio was forced to turn around for an emergency landing Sunday after geese reportedly flew into one of its engines. Flames were…
A Boeing 737-800 headed to Phoenix from John Glenn Columbus International Airport in 🇺🇸Ohio was forced to turn around for an emergency landing Sunday after geese reportedly flew into one of its engines.
Flames were visible both from inside the ✈️Aircraft and from the ground, as 📹Video shared on social media showed.
“Emergency crews responded to an ✈️Aircraft incident at CMH this morning involving a reported engine fire,” the airport said in statement. “The ✈️Aircraft landed safely and the airport is open and operational.”
flight 1958 with flames intermittently coming from one engine on its right wing, as well as images of the plane after its return to the airport in Columbus.
John Fisher, a passenger on the flight, told WCMH in Columbus that the pilot attributed the problem to “a flock of geese.”
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“Apparently we struck a flock of geese and the engine started making real loud ‘clonk, clonk, clonk’ noises,” Fisher told the outlet. “They eventually turned the engine off and turned around and went back to the airport.”
WCMH said that American Airlines later confirmed that a “bird strike” had caused the issue.
“Airport officials said the emergency landing caused only minor flight delays and that the airport remained open and operational during the incident,” the outlet reported.
