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Matheus Obst/iStock(NEWARK, N.J.) — A United Airlines flight from Newark to Los Angeles was forced to return to the airport minutes after takeoff due to a mechanical problem that apparently resulted in flames shooting from one of its engines.

A passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 1871 captured a video that appeared to show flames leaping from the plane’s right engine a few minutes after the flight took off from Newark Liberty International Airport Wednesday night.

The plane I was on had an engine malfunction minutes after take off