Passengers horrified when Boeing 737 engine catches fire in the air

Flight 307 was departing from William P. Hobby Airport in Houston en route to Cancun on Tuesday evening when the right engine caught fire, according to the Washington Post .

"All I know is the plane started swaying from left to right. I fly once or twice a month and I knew this was not normal. I was sitting next to the window near the engine of the plane and all I saw was like fireballs coming out of the wings," said passenger Coale Kalisek.

Hành khách kinh hoàng khi máy bay cháy động cơ trên không - Ảnh 1. — Fire on Southwest plane midweek

Another passenger, Jordan Kleinecke, told ABC News that he felt like a small airbag was inflating, and then he started to smell fuel…

Southwest later said the flight returned to the departure airport to check for a mechanical issue. The plane landed safely, was decommissioned, and another plane was dispatched to continue its journey to Cancun.

However, Kalisek and his girlfriend decided not to continue flying after the terrifying 27-minute flight and canceled their vacation in Mexico.

Hành khách kinh hoàng khi Boeing 737 cháy động cơ trên không - Ảnh 2. — Boeing 737 had to make an emergency landing

The US Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.

According to Forbes , Tuesday night's incident is not the first in recent aviation history. On Saturday, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board (FAA) announced an investigation into a near collision between a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 and a Cessna Citation 560X small jet on a runway in San Diego. Shortly before midnight, San Diego International Airport air traffic controllers cleared the Cessna to land even though the Southwest Airlines flight on the ground was already cleared to taxi down the runway for takeoff, according to a preliminary assessment by the FAA. The Cessna reportedly flew about 100 feet above the Southwest plane. In February, a FedEx cargo plane came within 115 feet of a Southwest Boeing 737 in poor visibility conditions.

Southwest is one of the few major US-based airlines that has never suffered a fatal crash.

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