Flames shoot from engine of American Airlines plane that hit birds as it was taking off

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1. Tue, 11 August 2026

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   • localnews8.com02:07first to report
     Flames shoot from engine of American Airlines plane that hit birds as it was taking off

     By Aaron Cooper, Amanda Jackson, CNN (CNN) — An American Airline Boeing 737 hit birds while taking off from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Monday, leading to flames shooting from an engine and an emergency landing. “Mayday, mayday, mayday. We’ve got a engine problem here,” the pilot reported shortly after takeoff according to a recording from

   • Index.hr (Croatia)07:10
     VIDEO Boeing udario u ptice u SAD-u. Iz motora sukljao plamen, prisilno je sletio

     ZRAKOPLOV American Airlinesa morao je prisilno sletjeti u Myrtle Beachu nakon sudara s pticama. Incident je uzrokovao plamen na motoru, no zrakoplov se sigurno vratio. FAA će istražiti događaj.

   • foxnews.com14:36
     Flames shoot from American Airlines flight before emergency landing

     Passenger video purportedly showed flames shooting from an American Airlines plane after a bird strike forced an emergency landing.