A FedEx plane has been forced to make a fiery emergency landing after a bird strike caused one of the engines to explode mid-air.
It comes amid a recent surge in airline incidents, leading to growing concerns about safety.
According to the Daily Mail, that was evidenced once again after a FedEx plane burst into flames shortly after takeoff.
The horrifying footage of the fireball as it erupted quickly went viral across social media.
The Boeing 767-300 was flying out of Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey,
It reportedly struck a bird mid-flight with its right engine, causing the near disaster.
The plane was forced to make an emergency landing after the engine ignited, and the footage was harrowing, to say the least.
The Daily Mail described the scene as reported by eyewitnesses and flight data:
“After taking off at 7:58 am, the flight’s right engine erupted in flames – with onlookers on the ground describing a loud boom – and the plane was forced to U-turn back to Newark for an emergency landing at 8:07 am, according to flight data from FlightAware.”
“Air traffic was briefly halted as a precaution, but operations have since resumed,” an airport spokesperson said after the situation was contained.
Luckily, nobody was seriously injured as a result of the bird strike.
A group of onlookers on the ground recorded the fireball in the engine as it happened.
Witnesses were understandably shocked by the scene.
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The Daily Mail added:
“The plane was in the air for an estimated nine minutes before it had to make its emergency landing, according to flight data.
“The Federal Aviation Administration is aware of the incident and will be investigating it further.”
There have been several plane crashes and incidents in recent months.
Unfortunately, some of them have resulted in mass fatalities.
Many on social media mocked the corporate media and the Left over the high likelihood that they’ll somehow blame President Donald Trump and his administration for the FedEx incident.
“The legacy media will tell you those birds work for DOGE,” one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote:
“Global warming increased in the last month, causing the birds to become agitated, and they decided to commit suicide by jet engine.
“At least according to @MSNBC.”
Hopefully, that’s the last of the aircraft incidents for a long time to come.
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