American Airlines planes make emergency landings due to fires caused by bird strikes and geese.
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An American Airlines flight from Columbus, Ohio, to Phoenix, Arizona, was forced to make an emergency landing after a bird strike caused the plane's engine to catch fire. The Boeing 737 commercial jet landed safely back at John Glenn Columbus International Airport, and no one was injured. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident, and American Airlines attributed the emergency landing to "a mechanical issue."
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