Flight returns to airport after engine catches fire due to possible bird strike
  • last year
A flight was forced to make an emergency landing after the engine caught fire due to a possible bird strike.
The American Airlines flight was headed to Phoenix, Arizona, USA, but had to return to John Glenn Intl. Airport in Columbus, Ohio, after the engine caught fire minutes after takeoff.
Footage filmed from inside the plane by passengers Marni Kallestad and Ryan Brink shows flames shooting from the engine.