A United Airways flight needed to return to Chicago's O'Hare Worldwide Airport on Friday when it hit a chook after takeoff. A pilot on one other airplane reported seeing smoke and flames coming from the facet of the Boeing 737, and the FAA stated it landed with out additional incident.
United Flight 1930 was heading from Chicago to Miami on Friday morning when the chook strike occurred, the airline stated. The pilot declared an emergency in a radio transmission to air-traffic controllers.
A video posted to Twitter confirmed the airplane flying overhead as popping noises are heard.
"We do see smoke and hearth popping out of the left," a pilot on one other flight instructed an air-traffic controller in a radio transmission.
After the airplane landed safely, passengers have been taken again to the gate, they usually have been booked on a unique Miami-bound plane departing Friday afternoon, United stated.
The FAA stated it will examine the incident.