Fedex B763 at Newark on Mar 1st 2025, engine fire due to bird strike

Last Update: March 6, 2025 / 18:01:10 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 1, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Fedex

Flight number
FX-3609

Departure
Newark, United States

Destination
Indianapolis, United States

Aircraft Registration
N178FE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

A Fedex Federal Express Boeing 767-300, registration N178FE performing flight FX-3609 from Newark,NJ to Indianapolis,IN (USA) with 3 crew, was climbing out of Newark's runway 22L, tower already instructed to contact departure, when the crew still on tower declared emergency reporting they had taken a bird into the #2 engine (CF6). The crew of another aircraft on the ground advised tower, they believed they saw the right hand engine fall off the aircraft (which was not correct). Ground observers reported they saw the aircraft flying over them with large flames trailing the right hand engine. The aircraft stopped the climb at 2000 feet, shut the engine down, positioned for the approach and landed safely on runway 22L about 8 minutes after departure, emergency services already at the runway, the right hand engine still emitting continuous large flames through the exhaust, tower advising the crew the right hand engine emitted fire. The aircraft stopped on the runway, emergency services closed the runway. The crew subsequently advised emergency services, that they had discharged both fire bottles onto the engine after receiving an engine fire indication, emergency services confirmed the engine was still on fire and they were putting water on. Tower closed all runways. The crew reported they were just initiating the turn at about 500 feet AGL when birds got into the right hand engine. About 15 minutes after landing tower reopened runway 29 while runways 22L and 22R remained closed.

The NTSB announced: "The NTSB is investigating an incident in which a FedEx B-767 made an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport after striking birds on departure out of the same airport on Saturday morning."
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
N178FE
Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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Main Owner
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 1, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Fedex

Flight number
FX-3609

Departure
Newark, United States

Destination
Indianapolis, United States

Aircraft Registration
N178FE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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