An American Airlines flight, en route from Ohio to Phoenix, caught fire on Sunday after a bird strike incident. The plane had to return to the John Glenn Columbus International Airport in Columbus soon after takeoff. While there is no official information on the number of passengers and crew members aboard the Boeing 737 aircraft, one passenger captured the incident on video, which has since gone viral on social media. According to reports, a fire broke out in one of the engines shortly after takeoff. The pilot immediately returned to the airport, where firefighters promptly extinguished the flames. It is not yet clear how much damage the aircraft sustained or what caused the bird strike.
