Passenger plane forced into emergency landing after 'rabbit sucked into engine'
Passenger plane forced into emergency landing after 'rabbit sucked into engine'
One eyewitness described seeing fire shoot out from the plane from the ground, a local TV network reported

A United Airlines plane was forced into an emergency landing after it caught fire after a rabbit was reportedly sucked into its engine.
The flight in the US issued an alert following a “giant fireball” after the reportedly got stuck in the plane’s engine before take off.
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The plane was turned around after around 75 minutes in the air and landed safely. There were no reports of injuries.
29 0 ReplyExplains my lack of Easter eggs this year.
15 0 ReplyUnited Airlines killed the Easter Bunny. Very on-brand for them.
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And how is the rabbit doing?
11 0 ReplyI like to think it landed gently in a cabbage field, only lightly singed, wondered what the Hell just happened and it continued on with it's day doing rabbit stuff.
I do sometimes wonder if some of the weirder UFO encounters, like this, might have a similar explanation.
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That's pretty interesting though, hilarity aside.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Taylor_incident
I wonder if the police were right, and he had been (perhaps sexually) assaulted, but it was the 70s and men couldn't quite talk about that, or something.
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I’d imagine it’s probably well done by now.
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Why is no-one asking how
9 0 ReplyMidair collision after the rabbit took off from O'Hare airport.
20 0 ReplyOnce those jet engines spool up they suck harder than your mother. Spook the rabbit, make it jump, schwoopbangbangbang
3 0 ReplyPlane was on the ground, and the rabbit was just crossing the runway to get some tax-free perfume for the missus
4 0 ReplyFlying rabbit obviously.
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Should I write this down as “FOD ingestion” or will we invent a new category called “Rabbitstrike”?
7 0 ReplyDUCKSTRIKE
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Until the Rabbit Revolutionary Army claims this, I'll be skeptical that a UA flight wasn't downed because of neglectful maintenance
4 0 ReplyEagles may soar, but
weaselsrabbits don't get sucked into jet enginesShit. Gonna need a new quotation now.
3 0 ReplyJust a bad dream, your grace.
3 0 ReplyA passenger described the experience as “hare-y”.
3 0 ReplySo, a morbid thought occurs... a rabbit hanging around an airport... that could have been someone's pet that got loose from its carrier, huh?
2 0 ReplySooo ein Feuerball junge!
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