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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.
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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.