A United Airlines flight flying from Denver, Colorado, to Edmonton, Canada, on Sunday appeared to experience a big engine fire due to a “possible animals strike”, which forced the aircraft to return to the Denver International Airport.
In a statement obtained by The New York Post, United Airlines said,” Our flight from Denver to Edmonton ( UA2325 ) returned safely to Denver to address a possible wildlife strike”. United Airlines confirmed to Fox Business that the flight involved in Sunday’s affair was a Boeing 737-800.
According to Fox Business, none of the 153 people and six staff people aboard the Boeing 737-800 were injured in Sunday’s event. The outlet noted that the airport after arranged for a unique aircraft to carry the travellers to Edmonton following the plane’s safe returning to the airport.
In a video shared by ABC News, the Boeing 737-800’s flight staff may be heard requesting that the aircraft be inspected for an engine flames, while the captain claimed that the “possible animals attack” was caused by a rabbit. The captain may be heard saying,” Animal through the range 2]engine], that’ll do it”.
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Describing what happened on the United Airlines flight, passenger Scott Wolff told ABC’s” Good Morning America”,” There was a loud bang, and a significant vibration in the plane”.
” Every few moments there was a backfire coming from the engine, a giant fireball behind it”, Wolff added. ” Everyone in the plane then started to panic”.
Wyatt McCurry, who witnessed the engine fire from the ground at the Denver International Airport, told” Good Morning America”,” My stomach dropped and I just thought,’ I’m going to see a plane go down.'”
The video of Sunday’s airplane incident shows bright flashes of light repeatedly coming from the engine due to the engine fire caused by the “possible wildlife strike”. The flashes of light were seen from the ground at the Denver International Airport.
Another video shared on X, formerly Twitter, shows the flashes of light from the perspective of the passengers on the United Airlines airplane. Multiple passengers can be heard panicking in the video, while other passengers can be heard repeatedly shouting,” Fire”!
