American Airlines flight catches fire mid-air, makes emergency landing in Ohio | VIDEO

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An American Airlines flight landed safely at an Ohio airport on Sunday after its engine caught fire mid-air, reportedly after hitting a bird...

No one was injured, and the plane landed safely at John Glenn Columbus International Airport after 8 a.m..

No one was injured, and the plane landed safely at John Glenn Columbus International Airport after 8 a.m. local time, said the Federal Aviation Administration in a statement to CBS News...

The aircraft landed safely, and the airport is open and operational," the airport authorities wrote in a tweet...

The plane, a Boeing 737 commercial jet, returned to the airport on Sunday about 30 minutes after its initial takeoff at around 7:45 AM, according to the tracking site FlightAware...

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