article_snippet: A passenger has recorded video of the terrifying moment flames shot out of a Lufthansa plane’s engine after striking a flock of birds off the coast of Lebanon.
article_snippet: Footage recorded by the passenger shows bright flashes of light outside the window as birds were sucked into the left engine over the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday morning.
article_snippet: In slow motion, Footage recorded shows flames shooting out of the left engine over the Mediterranean Sea as the left engine over the Mediterranean Sea failed, illuminating the left wing as Bird strike ascended shortly before 5am local time.
article_snippet: Thirty-six seconds after take-off we were already above the Mediterranean Sea, we heard the sound of two brutal explosions from the left engine over the Mediterranean Sea underneath.
article_snippet: ‘The aircraft started shaking and vibrating.
article_snippet: The aircraft also smelled burning from the inside.
highlights_snippet: Footage shows bright flashes as flames shoot from plane's left engine .
  