'I thought I was gonna die. I prayed. I thought I was gonna die for about 30 seconds.'
An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing after a bird flew into one of its engines.which obtained exclusive details of the incident, American Airlines Flight 1722 made an emergency landing at JFK International Airport not long after taking off from LaGuardia in New York City.
The aircraft took off at around 7:20 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina less than two hours later, per The Post, which noted that the plane barely made it beyond the coast of Long Island before it was forced to divert.a video taken from a window on the flight, which appears to show the bird entering the engine.
According to Ruffes, none of the 190 passengers and six crew members on board the flight were injured.Citing the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,reported that the bird strike severely damaged the engine of the Airbus A321 and rendered the right propellant useless. Using only its secondary engine, the aircraft was able to safely land at JFK International Airport, the publication reported.
“I thought I was gonna die,” Tennessee resident Amy Stamper told the publication. “I was scared. I thought I was gonna die. There were a couple of small explosions. And there was a fire.""I thought I was gonna die. I prayed. I thought I was gonna die for about 30 seconds,” he told the publication.that he could only think about his wife and kids in the moments after the engine caught fire, believing Flight 1722 might go down.
Another passenger, 26-year-old Misleidy, told the publication that flight attendants did an excellent job keeping distressed passengers calm.reported affected passengers were provided hotel accommodations for the night and will re-depart on another aircraft Friday morning.
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