United Airlines flight forced to return to airport minutes after takeoff due to mechanical problem that apparently resulted in flames shooting from one of its engines.
Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.flight from Newark to Los Angeles was forced to return to the airport minutes after takeoff due to a mechanical problem that apparently resulted in flames shooting from one of its engines.
A still image from a video shot by a United Airlines passenger appears to show flames leaping from the engine of a plane bound for Los Angeles, Jan. 15, 2020. A still image from a video shot by a United Airlines passenger appears to show flames leaping from the engine of a plane bound for Los Angeles, Jan. 15, 2020.A passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 1871 captured a video that appeared to show flames leaping from the plane's right engine a few minutes after the flight took off from Newark Liberty International Airport Wednesday night.
United Airlines officials said the jet suffered a mechanical issue and was forced to return to Newark. "I didn’t know what was happening," passenger Gabrielle Guzy told ABC News."My sister said she thought it was lights, but I knew it was fire from the engine. I kept reassuring myself we’d be OK because we had only been in the air for a minute."
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