United Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Engine Catches Fire Mid-Flight
• United Airlines flight to Fort Myers forced to make emergency landing after flames shoot from engine 15 minutes into flight
• Passengers reported seeing flames engulf left engine, plane shaking violently, panic setting in
• Pilot radioed mayday, reporting engine surge and stall at 10,000 feet altitude
• 167 passengers onboard the 21-year-old Boeing 737, returned safely to Houston though passengers shaken
• United Airlines attributed incident to “engine issue,” passengers say they feared they were going to die