Terrifying moment Boeing 737 with BURNING engine returns to Columbus Airport 40 minutes after take-off following bird-strike: Eyewitness said made engines sound ‘as if they were about to give up’
- American Airlines flight 1958 took off from John Glenn Columbus International Airport on Sunday but was struck by a bird
- It caused flames to shoot from the engine and create ‘wonky, pulsing noises’
- The plane landed safely back at the airport just 40 minutes later
Video posted online showed the terrifying moment a Boeing 737 with a burning engine returned to an Ohio airport just 40 minutes after it took off.
The American Airlines flight 1958 took off from John Glenn Columbus International Airport at 7:43am, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks flights nationally, but re-landed at the airport at 8:22am.
Witnesses on the scene said it was struck by a bird as it took off, causing flames to shoot from the engine and create ‘wonky, pulsing noises.’
One person in Columbus, Ohio even said it sounded ‘as if the engines were about to give up.’ Fortunately, no injuries were reported.
The plane has been identified as a Boeing 737-800, but is not a 737 Max, which has killed over 340 people around the world.
American Airlines flight 1958 returned to a Columbus, Ohio airport less than 20 minutes after it took off after a bird struck its engine, causing it to burn
