A Hainan Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner performed an emergency landing at Rome’s FCO airport after the right engine caught fire shortly after takeoff.

A Hainan Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Rome after a bird strike caused an engine fire shortly after takeoff. The China-bound flight returned to the Italian capital’s Fiumicino Airport on Sunday morning (10 November) after one engine burst into flames.

The right engine of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner operated by Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines caught fire shortly after takeoff from Rome's Fiumicino airport on Sunday, an Italian airport official and the Coast Guard said.

The Boeing 787-7 Dreamliner encountered the bird during takeoff, leading to flames and smoke trailing from its right engine. Video footage of the incident was shared on social med

A Boeing plane’s engine burst into flames mid-flight after the aircraft crashed into a bird during take-off. The Hainan Airlines flight was en route to Shenzhen, China from Rome, Italy, when a fire broke out on the aircraft.