FedEx plane catches fire as ‘explosions’ heard before making emergency landing at Newark Airport

The plane set off from the airport and promptly returned to the runway after discovering the blaze.

One post on X reported: “Engine failure/fire FedEx 3609 at Newark on takeoff, returned to land.”

The plane set off from the airport and promptly returned to the runway after discovering the blaze

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Another aircraft earlier this week had to make an emergency landing at the same airport on Tuesday.

The flight 1544 took off from Newark Airport early in the morning at 6am and was set to descend on the Harry Reid International Airport in Nevada.

However, the plane was forced to divert its journey and take its passengers back to New Jersey as the pilots have blamed a mechanical problem, Port Authority officials reported.

The plane had 176 passengers on board, as well as six staff members.

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“United flight 1544 to Las Vegas returned to Newark Liberty International Airport to address a possible mechanical issue,” the airline announced.

“The flight landed safely, and all passengers deplaned normally at the gate. We have arranged for a different aircraft to take our customers to Las Vegas this morning.”

So far, the airline has not specified the mechanical problem.

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