An airplane sparks in the air shortly after taking off from Newark Airport in New York (USA) bound for São Paulo. A video of that moment was released this morning by the aviation safety company Jet Airliner Crash Data Assessment Center (JACDEC) (22).
According to JACDEC, the United Airlines plane, a Boeing 777-200, had an issue believed to be a hydraulic problem.
Flight UA149 reached an altitude of 24,000 feet, headed towards the ocean, and made five turns in an interval of about an hour.
According to the news on Flightradar24’s website, measures were taken to waste fuel and return to the airport where the emergency landing was made.
“After noticing a mechanical problem, the aircraft hovered to burn fuel shortly after takeoff and then landed safely,” United Airlines said in a statement. Said.
According to the company, there were 256 passengers on board. All landed safely and transferred to a new flight.
Photos posted on social media show small debris falling from the plane, including what appears to be a metal plate.
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source: Noticias
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