Matthew Danek News Today

Video of an American Airlines flight headed to Phoenix, Arizona, from Columbus, Ohio, bursting into flames in mid-air after a flock of geese collided with it has been released.

Chilling rumbling noises could be heard by onlookers.

A bird strike sparked an engine fire on a plane shortly after takeoff from an Ohio airport, and the airliner returned safely with no injuries reported.

Two incidents involving American Airlines flights -- one of them an apparent bird strike -- frightened passengers who saw flames flowing from their aircraft.