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This is the terrifying moment the engine of an aeroplane carrying 184 passengers burst into flames after a bird flew into it.
Footage shows fire shooting out of one of the Avianca airline’s AV9377’s engines shortly after it took from San Andrés Island, Colombia on Tuesday.
Hero pilots Andres Dallimonti and Felipe Torres were then forced to return to Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport.
The Airbus A 320-214 completed a successful emergency landing.
Avianca said the flight landed in San Andrés at 3.10pm local time and all 184 passengers onboard were unharmed.
Airport staff relocated the passengers on another flight to Bogot that departed at 8.30pm.
Avianca’s chief operating officer Federico Pedreira said: ‘There is a need to take action against the presence of birds at airports, their vicinity, and approach and departure trajectories.
‘The safety of our clients and crews is not negotiable.’
A plane carrying Arsenal women’s players back to the UK after their Champions League match caught fire on the runway on Monday.
According to Bild, the left engine of the Boeing 737 they were travelling on caught fire during take-off.
Witnesses said they heard a loud bang and the pilot had to abort the take-off but was able to manoeuvre into the parking position on his own.
An airport spokesperson said a bird strike could have been the cause of the fire, and that it is likely several birds got into the turbine.
Are plane bird strikes common?
There is a less than 1% chance a bird will strike a plane’s engine, according to the Federal Aviation Association.
They also said 97% of bird strikes occur close to takeoff or landings.
Airports can only do so much to keep birds away.
The animals are attracted to grassy areas, which are common by airport runways.
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