A bird struck a FedEx Boeing 767 freight airplane throughout launch from New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday early morning.
The bird strike triggered among the engines to capture on fire.
The airplane effectively landed back at Newark airport without any reported injuries, according to the Federal Air Travel Administration (FAA).
” Our B767 team stated an emergency situation and returned securely to Newark (after) handling the resulting engine damage, consisting of an engine fire. The training, know-how, and professionalism shown by our FedEx pilots was excellent.” FedEx stated in a declaration mentioned by U.S.A. Today.
The United States National Transport Security Board opened an examination into the 767’s emergency situation landing, according to Reuters on Saturday night.
A FedEx freight airplane made an emergency situation landing at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport after a bird strike triggered an engine fire. No injuries were reported, and the fire on the freight airplane was included to the engine, stated a representative for the Port Authority. pic.twitter.com/a4UaKdScCL
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 2, 2025
Launch was at around 8am regional time, and the freight jet was bound for Indianapolis, Indiana.
Previously today, FedEx #FX 3609 went back to Newark due to a reported bird strike and resulting engine fire. The airplane landed securely 9 minutes after launch. Contrary to some media reports, the engine did not emerge in a huge fireball, nor did the engine fall off. pic.twitter.com/d2vSO8ksJ4
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) March 1, 2025
FlightRadar24 tracked the flight and revealed it landed 9 minutes after launch.
Other noteworthy air travel events
Minor air travel events such as this aren’t unusual in the United States. The National Transport Security Board declared that there were over 1,400 crashes in 2024, according to U.S.A. Today.
Nevertheless, repeating air catastrophes up until now in 2025, most significantly January 29’s crash in between an American Airlines local jet and a Blackhawk military helicopter, which resulted in the death of all 67 individuals aboard both airplane, have actually brought larger attention to air mishaps.
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