From engine hits to near misses, explore five dramatic birdstrikes and how skilled pilots brought aircraft safely home.

A Florida-bound Southwest Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after an engine caught fire and the cabin filled with smoke. The flight was headed to Fort Lauderdale from Havana on ...

ABBOTSFORD, Canada -- Dramatic video shows the moment a bird strike sent flames shooting from the engine of a Canadian jetliner. Footage shot inside the cabin shows multiple bursts of fire visible ...

A bird strike damaged the engine of a Delta flight during takeoff with 99 passengers on board. The pilot immediately declared an emergency and safely returned to Los Angeles International Airport.

Commercial aviation's turbulent year began in late December with Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashing at Muan International Airport in South Korea, killing all but two people onboard. Investigators told the ...

American Airlines planes sit parked at LaGuardia airport on traditionally the busiest travel day, the day before the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving, in the Queens borough of New York City, U.S., Nov. 27 ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- An American Airlines flight was forced to return to the airport on Sunday morning after a possible bird strike sparked an engine fire. This comes just days after another American ...

An Air India plane that suffered a bird strike on the way to Sri Lanka returned to India with passengers before being declared unfit to fly. Flight AI273, with 158 passengers and six crew members, was ...

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