Thursday, April 17, 2025 - A United Airlines flight made an emergency landing after a fire broke out when a rabbit got sucked into one of its engines before takeoff over the weekend.
Dramatic video showed repeated flashes of flame shooting
from one of United Flight 2325’s engines shortly after it departed Denver
International Airport on its way to Edmonton, Canada, on Sunday, April
13.
The flight crew can be heard on LiveATC audio requesting the
plane be inspected for an engine fire, which the pilot confirmed was caused by
a rabbit strike.
“Rabbit through the number 2 [engine], that’ll do it,” the
pilot said, according to ABC News.
Passenger Scott Wolff told “Good Morning America” that he
heard a “loud bang” after the unfortunate rabit was ingested by the turbine,
followed by “significant vibration in the plane” as it continued its
ascent.
“Every few moments there was a backfire coming from the
engine, a giant fireball behind it,” he said.
“Everyone in the plane then started to panic.”
The flight, which was carrying 153 passengers and six crew,
landed safely back in Denver around 8:05 p.m., the Federal Aviation
Administration told the outlet. Then the passengers were put on a different
aircraft and continued on to Edmonton.
“Our flight from Denver to Edmonton (UA2325) returned safely
to Denver to address a possible wildlife strike,” United said in a
statement.
The FAA reported more than 20,000 aircraft wildlife strikes
in 2024 alone — most of them birds. Just four rabbit strikes were reported
during that time period.
Watch video below.
Oh.
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) April 16, 2025
A United Airlines flight had a rabbit in one of the plane engines and it caught fire.
Thankfully the plane landed ok this time.
Where's Pete Kegbreath?pic.twitter.com/zSti47hzWv
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