JetBlue flight to Orlando forced to make emergency landing in NYC after engine is ‘completely destroyed and torched out'
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A JETBLUE passenger plane with more than 150 people on board was forced to make an emergency landing after experiencing engine issues.
The plane, en-route to Orlando, was forced to divert to New York's Kennedy airport just an hour into the flight last Wednesday.
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The plane circled around Long Island before landing at Kennedy airport in New York
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The jet had left Long Island MacArthur airport in Islip at around 1:45pm but moments after take-off, the captain warned that one of the Airbus A320's engines had gone.
They then declared an emergency and requested to land.
The plane circled around Long Island before touching down at JFK airport around an hour into the flight.
A runway inspector on the ground at JFK said one of the plane's engines was 'completely destroyed,' as reported by Newsday.
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'It looks like the entire surface got torched out,' they said.
' I can actually see right through the engine almost.'
Around 167 people were on board the aircraft, according to officials.
Passengers were evacuated once the aircraft was towed to a stand. No injuries were reported.
The cause of the engine failure remains unknown at this time.
Flight instructors have hailed the pilot for their response.
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"A very impressive outcome to land the aircraft safely, the absolute worst time for engine failure is right after takeoff because the aircraft is heavier with fuel and is full of passengers," Michael Canders told News12.
Up to 180 passengers can fit on board the Airbus A320 aircraft and it can reach top cruising speeds of around 520mph.
The mid-air scare comes just weeks after a United plane heading to Germany was forced to divert after experiencing engine troubles.
The pilot was forced to declare a Mayday emergency after a problem with the left engine arose.
The flight, which was carrying 219 passengers, was forced to land at Washington Dulles airport - just 30 minutes after it had taken off.
Meanwhile in Montana, two small planes crashed into each other on an airfield, sparking a huge inferno.
A single-engine plane with four people on board was trying to land at the Kalispell City airport but the pilot lost control.
The aircraft then hit parked planes that were on the runway.
The impact of the crash sparked an explosion, leaving locals stunned.
"It sounded like if you were to stick your head in a bass drum and somebody smacked it as hard as they could," Ron Danielson, a local inn manager, told the Associated Press.
Last month, three people were killed after a private plane crashed off the coast of California.
A twin-engine Beech 95-B55 Baron aircraft disappeared from the radar just 20 minutes after leaving San Carlos airport, located near the San Francisco Bay.
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