FedEx plane forced to make emergency landing after exploding into huge fireball just moments after takeoff
A FEDEX cargo jet was forced to make an emergency landing after bursting into flames just moments after taking off from the airport.
The plane was flying out of Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey when huge explosion-like sounds were reporetdly heard.
Footage captured by people on the ground shows the plane flying overhead while the aircraft’s engine is still on fire.
The plane was in the air for an estimated nine minutes before it was forced to make an emergency landing, according to flight data.
One post on X posted: “Engine failure/fire FedEx 3609 at Newark on takeoff, returned to land.”
Airport authorites claim that the acargo jet’s engine was hit by a bird.
Air traffic was briefly halted as a precaution, but operations have resumed, according to officials.
There are no injuries reported.
It marks the latest event in the long list disaasters that have plagued the aviation industry.
In January, an ill-fated American Airlines plane struck a US Army Black Hawk and plunged into a river.
The poliot of thr aircraft was among the 67 people who were killed in the horrifying crash outside Washington DC.
Their passenger plane erupted into flames and fell into the Potomac River in three pieces after an “elevation issue” saw the US Military helicopter directly in its path, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
The flight from Wichita, Kansas, to the nation’s capital had gone on without a hitch until the deadly moment, and officials are still investigating exactly what went wrong.
The American Airlines plane had sixty passengers and four crew members, and there were three Army soldiers on the Black Hawk.
There were no survivors, making it the deadliest US air crash since November 2001, when 260 people died after an American Airlines plane plunged into a Queens neighborhood.
Just last month, a Delta plane crashed and flipped on its roof at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada injuring at least 18 people – including a child.
At least one of the wings was broken off after the crash but the main body appeared intact, according to video of the scene.
The Canadian airport had more than 22cm (8.6in) of snow over the weekend, and earlier on Monday had said it was dealing with high winds and freezing temperatures.
Audio from the control tower shows it warned the Delta flight of a possible air flow “bump” on the approach.
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