A Spirit Airlines flight NK3044 from Atlantic City (ACY) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) suffered a possible bird ingestion.
The aircraft encountered what is believed to be a large bird while accelerating for takeoff in Atlantic City, which entered the engine. The engine subsequently caught fire. Passengers were evacuated after the aircraft stopped safely.
The aircraft involved, Airbus A320-271N, registration N922NK, has one other record in our database at the time of publication.
Courtesy of Flightradar24.com
Spirit Airlines flight NK3044 from Atlantic City to Fort Lauderdale suffered possible bird ingestion