Fedex’s engine caught fire, accident occurred after hitting a bird

Emergency Landing of FedEx Cargo Plane : An emergency landing of Fedex’s cargo plane was conducted on Saturday (March 1, 2025) at the busy airport in New Jersey State in the United States. In fact, the fire in the engine of the plane caught fire due to the collision of a bird during the flight, after which its emergency landing was made. Many videos of this incident are going viral on social media, in which the plane can be seen on fire in the sky in the morning.

The Associated Press quoted Lenis Walnce, a spokesman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, as saying that the plane was safely landed at Newarark Liberty International Airport after the Emergency. It is conceived that there is no information about any injuries in this accident and the fire on the cargo plane was limited to the engine.

Three people were present in the plane, all safe

According to an associated press report, in the recorded audio of LiveATC, a person can be heard saying that the plane will be closed after the bird’s potentially hitting and returning to the airport immediately.

At the same time, the other person said, “We are confident that we have seen the engine of his right wing falling.” According to the report, the audio has come to know that when the bird collided with the plane, the plane was several hundred feet above the ground.

Air traffic stopped for emergency landing

It is noteworthy that air traffic was stopped for some time as a precaution to make the emergency landing of Fedex’s cargo plane. However, it was resumed for some time.

According to the report, the airport spokesman said, “The plane landed after 8 in the morning on Saturday (March 1) and the three people aboard were safely landed from the plane.”

A FedEx Boeing plane engine caught fire and was forced to emergency land at Newark airport. I am so sick of this shit.

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— Tiffany Fong (@TiffanyFong_) March 1, 2025

What did the company say about the incident?

Following the incident, a spokesperson of Fedex Company said, “The plane was going to Indiana Polis but emergency situations occurred after the bird collided, after which the plane was safely returned to Newark with a damage in the engine engine.”

The AP quoted the company spokesperson Austin Kemkar as saying, “The way our Fedex pilot has shown its training, expertise and professionalism during the incident is worth it.” We are grateful to our crew and first response to take early action. “

Aviation will investigate the accident

The Federation Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a statement saying, “In this confrontation, an engine of the Boeing 767 plane has been damaged. Now FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate this accident. ”

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