Must See: United Engine Catches Fire Midflight In Texas

A United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Houston, Texas after the plane’s engine caught fire mid-flight.

A United Boeing 737, taking off from Houston to Fort Myers, was forced to make an emergency landing after one of its engines caught fire.

David Gruninger, who was on the flight, told the press, “I remember there was just this bright, flashing light that came through the window, and it sounded like a bomb went off, and then it was just a strobe of fire out the window.”

All 167 passengers onboard the flight were unharmed by the scary incident.

🇺🇸 BOEING SUFFERS ANOTHER MID-AIR ENGINE FIRE

The United Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing in Texas minutes after take-off when flames began shooting from one of its engines.

This is the second mid-air engine fire to affect Boeing in the U.S this year, after a… https://t.co/HxaPH1RHeB pic.twitter.com/SKbHofwcZj

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 7, 2024

Here’s what ABC reported:

A United flight from Houston to Fort Myers, Texas, was forced turn around Monday after one of the plane’s engines caught fire.

Several of the 167 passengers aboard the Boeing 737 took video showing a line of flames shooting out of the engine, KTRK-TV reported.

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“I remember there was just this bright, flashing light that came through the window, and it sounded like a bomb went off, and then it was just a strobe of fire out the window,” said David Gruninger, who was on the connecting flight home to Florida with 15 of his friends after attending a wedding in Mexico.

FlightAware shows Flight 1118 taking off from George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 6:40 p.m. It turned around at 6:52 p.m.

“It was our left engine, our number one engine, that was surging when we were climbing through about 10,000 (feet), and flight attendants saw momentary flames back there,” a pilot can be heard saying on radio transmissions.

🚨#Breaking: Another mid-air engine fire hit Boeing as a United Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Texas due to flames from one engine.

It's the second incident this year, following a 747 engine fire over Miami in January.#Boeing #Texas pic.twitter.com/BRXPLHmiW4

— World News Global (@WorldNewsGb) March 7, 2024

Per ABC 13 News:

Radio transmissions from the plane shed some light on the issues it was having.

“It was our left engine, our number one engine, that was surging when we were climbing through about 10,000 (feet), and flight attendants saw momentary flames back there,” a pilot can be heard saying.

“I think it’s fair to say we all thought we were going to die,” Trexler said.

In fact, Trexler said he even began composing a goodbye message to his wife.

United engine catches fire minutes into flight from Bush Airport: 'Thought we were going to die' https://t.co/0YqyUTRTcl

— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) March 7, 2024