Terrifying video shows flames burst from airplane engine after bird strike

Dramatic video shows flames bursting from a Canadian jet’s engine — a scare so terrifying that passengers started writing goodbye messages to their loved ones.

The video shot inside a Swoop flight that had just taken off from Abbotsford in British Columbia on Tuesday morning shows several bursts of flames coming from a right-side engine after a bird strike.

“Fire!” several passengers repeatedly shouted.

“I started texting my mom saying ‘Something’s wrong with the airplane. I love you,’” passenger Fadhl Abu-Ghanem told CTV News, calling it “overwhelming.”

Another passenger, Donna-Lee Rayner, wrote on Facebook about how she started writing “my goodbye messages in case my phone is recovered after we crash.”

There was also smoke in the cabin along with a burning smell that a crew member announced was the geese “getting cooked” after getting sucked into the engines, Rayner said.

The jet quickly turned back to Abbotsford and landed safely.

“All travelers were offloaded safely and without incident,” Swoop said on Twitter, adding later that the jet was removed from service for repair while another plane took its customers on to Edmonton.

“Thank you to our captain and crew for ensuring the safety of our travelers,” the company added.

Rayner said the scare makes her want to live her “best life.”

“You never know when geese will get sucked into the jet engine on the plane you’re taking, then be lucky enough to talk about it,” she wrote on Facebook.

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