A video purportedly captured flames shooting out of an American Airlines flight following a bird strike before the aircraft made an emergency landing at Myrtle Beach International Airport.

The pilot of American Airlines Flight 1760, a Boeing 737-800 heading to Charlotte with 172 people onboard, was heard on air traffic control recordings issuing a “mayday” call after the incident Monday morning.

“Mayday, mayday, mayday, we got an engine problem here,” the pilot said.

“The engine is backfiring like crazy,” another voice was heard saying in a video taken by a passenger onboard the plane, which showed flames. “I think she is on fire now.”

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