Likely ‘a bird strike’: Virgin Australia flight makes emergency landing in New Zealand after engine fire
by Elias Visontay and Stephanie Convery from on (#6NKCX)
Boeing 737-800 plane travelling from Queenstown to Melbourne diverts due to bird probably being ingested into an engine'
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A suspected bird strike has caused a Virgin Australia plane to make an emergency landing in New Zealand after one of its engines caught fire shortly after takeoff.
The Melbourne-bound flight left Queenstown on Monday evening with footage emerging later that appeared to show fire coming from the Boeing 737-800.
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