Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Cuba to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, erupted in panic and chaos after the jetliner was forced to make an emergency landing following a bird strike.
Shortly after taking off from Havana, smoke began filling the cabin of Flight 3923 after birds reportedly struck one of the plane’s engines and nose.
The Boeing 737 had 147 passengers and six crew members onboard, and the pilot was able to return the flight to Havana safely. There were no reported injuries, Southwest Airlines told the Guardian.
In shocking cellphone footage recorded inside the cabin, some passengers desperately try to punch the ceilings over their seats to release their oxygen masks as the smoke overwhelms the worried travelers.
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