One eyewitness described seeing fire shoot out from the plane from the ground, a local TV network reported

A United Airlines plane was forced into an emergency landing after it caught fire after a rabbit was reportedly sucked into its engine.

The flight in the US issued an alert following a “giant fireball” after the reportedly got stuck in the plane’s engine before take off.

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The plane was turned around after around 75 minutes in the air and landed safely. There were no reports of injuries.

  • @[email protected]English
    0•9 hours ago

    I suspect the temporal lobe epilepsy explanation is right and he may have stumbled into a barbed wire fence or thorn bush.

    Ah true, it’s interesting he could smell things that others couldn’t