A Malaysia Airlines Boeing plane was seen with its engine ablaze, a midair mishap that forced the flight to turn around

Aditi Bharade
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  • A Malaysia Airlines Boeing flight bound for Kuala Lumpur had to turn back after takeoff.

  • A video of the incident showed the engine on fire.

  • The plane turned around and made an emergency landing back in Hyderabad.

A Malaysia Airlines flight from Hyderabad, India, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, had to return shortly after takeoff on Thursday night.

A video taken from inside the aircraft, posted by The Straits Times, showed its engine on fire with sparks flying out behind it.

The fire broke out 15 minutes after the plane took off, per The Straits Times.

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The Boeing 738 aircraft had to turn back and make an emergency landing at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.

In a statement to The Straits Times, Malaysia Airlines said that the affected plane arrived safely in Hyderabad with no injuries reported.

"All passengers and crew disembarked safely. Affected passengers will be reallocated to other flights for their continued journey," Malaysia Airlines said in its statement.

This is the latest addition to the long list of Boeing mishaps that have happened this year. During a January Alaska Airlines flight, a door plug came off a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet at an altitude of 16,000 feet. Separately, a United Airlines flight lost its tire shortly after takeoff in March.

Several Boeing whistleblowers have also come forward, alleging in testimonies and statements that the company has been lax with quality control. Most recently, Sam Mohawk, a quality assurance inspector for Boeing, alleged that the company lost track of hundreds of faulty 737 parts and ordered staff to hide improperly stored plane parts from FAA inspectors.

Boeing CEO David Calhoun has defended the aviation company, saying on Capitol Hill this week that he's "proud" of its safety record.

Malaysia Airlines and Boeing didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours.

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