FedEx cargo plane makes emergency landing following bird strike, engine fire

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By PATRICK WHITTLE and SARAH BRUMFIELD
Updated 12:33 PM CST, March 1, 2025

A FedEx cargo plane made an emergency landing at a busy New Jersey airport on Saturday after a bird strike caused an engine fire that could be seen in the morning sky.

The plane landed at Newark Liberty International Airport during the emergency, said Lenis Valens, a spokesperson for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. There were no reported injuries, and fire on the cargo plane was contained to the engine, Valens said.

Audio recorded by LiveATC captured a person calmly saying the aircraft needed to “shut down for a possible bird strike” immediately. “We need to return to the airport.”

Moments later, another person is heard saying: “We believe we saw their engine fall off the right wing.” The audio indicates the strike happened when the plane was several hundred feet off the ground.



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/newark-plane-explosion-fire-fedex-4c293bdcfc33c6f08c093f355bc88a1d

[Lonestarblue]

1. Canada geese are a major hazard around several busy airports.

It was bird strikes in both engines that forced Captain Sullenberger to land in the Hudson years ago. Both federal and state laws regulate the protection of such birds, but they have expanded in population so much that they are a serious safety hazard. Perhaps Musk could spend more time looking at regulations that may be outdated and less time firing people willy nilly.

[lastlib]

2. That's probably the one.......

...carrying the replacement tray for my printer.......
It was supposed to be here three days ago.

[C Moon]

3. Birds are on strike?

[Deminpenn]

4. Aircraft engine manufacturers

actually test their engines against bird strikes. They run up an engine in a test cell then fire dead frozen crows at it to see what happens.