A passenger plane that took off from New Zealand landed at another airport after flames erupted from one of its engines following a bird strike.
A Qantas Airlines Boeing 737-800 passenger plane, which had taken off from the town of Queenstown, New Zealand, bound for Sydney, Australia, was struck by a bird. The left engine of the plane, which was carrying approximately 160 passengers, caught fire.
The plane landed at Christchurch Airport. No one was injured in the incident, but the moment flames erupted from the engine compartment was captured on amateur video.
