Monday, 12 May 2025

United Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Apparently Striking Animal During Takeoff

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A United Airlines flight departing Denver International Airport made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff after apparently striking a rabbit.

“United Flight 2325 had departed Denver International Airport en route to Edmonton, Alberta, on Sunday when the incident occurred,” ABC News reports.

“United 737-800 makes emergency landing after reportedly hitting a rabbit on departure from Denver. Video from inside the cabin showed large flames shooting from the engine,” Breaking Aviation News & Videos wrote.

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LiveATC audio documents the flight crew asking that the plane be inspected for an engine fire and being told that it was a rabbit that apparently got sucked into an engine.

“Rabbit through the number 2, that’ll do it,” the pilot responded.

The Boeing 737-800 was carrying 153 passengers and six crew members.

“There was a loud bang, and a significant vibration in the plane,” passenger Scott Wolff told “Good Morning America.”

The plane proceeded to climb, Wolff said.

“Every few moments there was a backfire coming from the engine, a giant fireball behind it,” he said. “Everyone in the plane then started to panic.”

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In several videos obtained by FOX31, an orange glow could be seen reflecting inside the plane’s cabin.

“We were airborne and on the right side of the plane was this rhythmic ‘bang bang’ and a whirl and a ‘bang bang’ and it would keep going on and on. It was the same thing over and over,” said Wolff. “It was like fireballs coming out the back of the engine.”

On the ground in Commerce City, witness Wyatt McCurry saw the plane, capturing it on video.

“I kind of just heard an absurd noise that I didn’t know if it was gunshots going out or a car backfiring, it sounded a little odd. I looked in the air and there was a plane flying kind of low in the sky. It was just shooting flames out the right motor of the turbine of the plane,” said McCurry. “There’s plane flying over us all the time. I’ve never seen anything like it before. It was just insane to see.”

United confirmed the plane was a Boeing 737-800 that had 153 passengers on board and six crew members. No one was injured.

“I put the phone away from the video and started texting my kid, my wife, my mom and just saying what you have to say. Everybody was doing the same thing for the next 30-45 minutes as we were safely going around the airport waiting to land, everybody was still shook up by the whole event,” said Wolff. “You say your goodbyes, you say your ‘I love yous’ and such. You look forward to seeing them, hearing from them again after this whole thing is over.”

Wolff was able to get on another flight back to Alberta.

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