An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday morning.
One eyewitnesses said they saw “major engine issues just after take off.”
“Flames shooting from the engine and wonky, pulsing noises from the aircraft,” the witness said on Twitter, while sharing a video of the incident.
Ohio’s John Glenn Columbus International Airport later confirmed that American Airlines Flight 1958, flying from Columbus to Phoenix, had to make the emergency landing back at the airport around 40 minutes after take off after a reported engine fire.
According to FlightAware, the plane took off around 7:45 a.m., but around 8 a.m. was seen to have diverted off its expected flight path and was hovering over the Upper Arlington area. It was then seen returning back to the airport….