Posted on 08/12/2026 5:54:38 AM PDT by Red Badger
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An American Airlines airplane was forced to make an emergency landing in South Carolina after flames shot from one of its engines after the aircraft reportedly struck birds while taking off in Myrtle Beach.
“Mayday, mayday, mayday. We’ve got a engine problem here,” the pilot said shortly after takeoff, according to CNN.
“I saw he took up birds, it looked like, at least in the left side engine,” another pilot who saw the bird strike said on radio.
The Boeing 737 carrying 181 people landed safely.
Watch below:
CNN shared further:
Patrick Gotwalt was a passenger on the flight and recorded a video showing flames coming from the engine as the flight appears to be flying over water.
Lindsey Mackey told CNN she was on the beach, heard several loud popping noises and see the orange flashes coming from the left wing.
As the plane circled and prepared to return to the airport and emergency crews assembled, operations workers found the remains of the birds on the runway.
“We’ve got a lot of bird debris out here. We’re going to grab as many big pieces as we can,” they said on the radio.
Bird remains recovered from airplane strikes, called snarge, are sent to the Smithsonian Institution’s lab in Washington DC, where they are analyzed to determine the species. The data gathered can help understand what animals are being hit and help prevent future strikes.
In 2025 more than 24,000 wildlife strikes were reported in the United States, according to the Federal Aviation Administration’s database.
“American Airlines Flight 1760 returned safely to Myrtle Beach International Airport around 8:40 a.m. local time on Monday, Aug. 10, after the crew reported striking a bird while departing,” the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated.
“The Boeing 737-800 was headed to Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The FAA will investigate,” it added.
More from the New York Post:
American Airlines confirmed that the flight returned to Myrtle Beach shortly after departure due to a maintenance issue.
Early reports show that the flames may have been caused by the birds burning up — but that there was no indication of a fire inside the engine itself.
“The aircraft landed safely and has been taken out of service to be inspected by our maintenance team,” a spokesperson told The Post.
“Our team worked to get customers on their way to Charlotte on a replacement aircraft,” they added.
No injuries were reported, and passengers praised the crew for staying calm as the plane shook in midair.
“It seemed to take off the first 10-15 seconds fine. And then it started to shudder really hard on our side, which was the engine that took a bird strike,” one passenger told WMBF.
“The pilots were nice and calm; they seemed to level off, they went over the ocean, gave us a notice that they were coming back and we came back. I guess we were up about 15 minutes, maybe,” they added.
Watch additional footage below:
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At several hundreds of MPH no screen can survive. Engines are tested by throwing frozen turkeys at them.
Thats not true. Can you cite your Source please?
You’re upset because “they” want to have something you consider trivial, but “they” can’t do something you consider important.
You gloss over the obvious fact: you’re discussing two different, unrelated, groups of “they”. It’s a nice propaganda technique ... usually used by leftists ... but it doesn’t withstand even minimal scrutiny.
Do better.
The worst part of an Engine Tester job was cleaning pureed bird remains off of fan blades.
Also only lost one engine ... most modern twin airliners can take off on one engine. Then immediately return to base ... you can take off and fly that way, but you’ll NOT make your destination.
Thawed birds ... frozen birds don’t properly simulate live birds ...
There used to be a joke about that ... a company new to bird-strike testing had to be reminded to thaw the birds ... the frozen birds were causing catastrophic damage far in excess of what was expected.
That’s also incorrect. Can you cite your source please? AI doesn’t count.
I don't think they're frozen during those tests. In fact, I think it's important that they NOT be frozen.
My source: Personal experience.
You claim that my statements are incorrect. Which statement in particular?
Please provide fully sourced information based on your own personal research.
Or just admit that you’re full of crap.
Your personal experience is not how the rules are written at all. You said two engine airplanes can take off with an engine out. That’s not how it works.
My source is US federal regulations and Boeing Engineering and test and evaluation data demonstrated by Test Pilots and validated by engineering data analysis.
here’s the rules.
Federal regulations
Title 14 CFR 121.189 and 14 CFR 121.617 in additional to Multiple Approved and tested Airline training programs operating under FAR part 121.
Also, General Electric Aircraft Engines must comply with FAR part 31 related to Engine materials, Testing and evaluation.
Bird strike tests are one of my favorite parts of designing aircraft.
I said “Can” as in “are capable of”.
Title 14 CFR 121.189 addresses takeoff WEIGHT.
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-121/subpart-I/section-121.189
Title 14 CFR 121.617 addresses landing conditions at the destination before taking off.
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-121/subpart-U/section-121.617
Neither addresses the capability to take off on one engine if the other fails.
Don’t try to BS me. Don’t try to BS the forum.
End of discussion.
“end of discussion” is what people say when they’re losing the argument. hahaha! believe what you want. you’d be wrong but that’s your right.
You just got through trying to BS me with a pair of completely irrelevant legal citations. I’d tell you to do better, but I am quite certain you’re incapable of it. You call yourself an “airplane guy” but show no actual evidence of it.
That’s not an attempt to continue discussion with you; it’s an explanation that you’re unfit for the conversation.
Instead of excreting your ignorance on the forum, I suggest that you go learn something about airplanes ... “airplane guy”.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑗𝑜𝑏 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠.
That is a smell you will never forget.
Correct. Here's a link to a 3 minute video from "3 Minutes of Aviation" where the first 52 seconds are of an Airbus A350 pilot taking off with one engine to simulate an engine failure on takeoff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QMJ3_NiWbs
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