Bird Strike Leaves Hole In Wing Of Southwest Airline Plane, ‘Flames Shooting From Engine’

Source: Inquisitir

The passengers aboard Southwest Airlines Flight 3118 bound for Baltimore had quite the scare when they experienced a bird strike on approach to the Baltimore Washington International Airport on Friday night.

The Daily Mail reports that the Boeing 737 was carrying 142 passengers, plus crew, from San Antonio to Baltimore when the bird strike occurred. The report claims that some passengers said that flames were shooting from the engine after the strike. During the intense moments aboard the plane, at least one passenger snapped a photo of the dead bird and damaged wing. Antonio Wolff posted a photo to his personal Twitter account detailing that there was a “hole” in the wing and that the crew was “fantastic.”

WBALTV notes that the plane was met by emergency vehicles after the landing as a precaution. However, no one was injured during the frightening ordeal. A local private pilot who lives in Pasadena told WBALTV that he saw the plane as it approached BWI-Marshall and he heard a frightening noise.

“It sounded like a large automatic weapon going off, like a hammering sound. It was indicative of a bird being ingested into an engine. We could look up and see the Southwest 737 aircraft.”

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