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Terrifying moment plane engine bursts into flames midair before the Guam-flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Hawaii

A group of passengers on an Atlas Air flight were forced into an emergency landing after the plane caught fire midair over Honolulu.

The heart-stopping incident on Saturday took place after a military chartered Boeing 767 took off from Hickman Air Force Base on a flight to Guam.

Cell phone footage taken by a passenger inside the plane shows a pitch-black cabin that is sporadically lit up by the raging inferno.

The flames appear just outside a cabin window as turbulence overtakes the aircraft.

A second video taken by a Honolulu resident shows the Atlas Air plane flying over the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport three miles away.

'Oh my god,' one person says, 'is it going to crash? Did you just see the fire come out of it?' 

The pilot declared an emergency landing just minutes after takeoff and, fortunately, none of the 212 passengers on board were injured.

Cell phone footage taken by an Atlas Air passenger shows one of the engines on fire mid-flight (pictured) on Saturday

Cell phone footage taken by an Atlas Air passenger shows one of the engines on fire mid-flight on Saturday

The military chartered Boeing 767 was on course to Guam when one of the engine's experienced a mechanical issue

The military chartered Boeing 767 was on course to Guam when one of the engine's experienced a mechanical issue 

Plane on fire over the Daniel K. Inouye airport in Honolulu. We heard what sounded like an explosion and it started spitting out flames from what looked like the engine. Couldn’t see what airline but definitely a passenger plane. pic.twitter.com/Q2YiZ9vXHE

Local residents reported hearing a loud explosion around that time and said they saw flashes of light that may have been fire in the sky around 9pm.

'It was quite loud. I’m pretty sure I heard my neighbors down below talking about it,' Kevin Tynan, of Makiki, told KHON 2.

'You can hear a lot of people, it was pretty in tenses for a while there,' he added.

Air travel officials later confirmed that the plan experienced mechanical issues with one of its engines.

 'It was actually scary to watch because you’re scared is this plane going to explode? Is it going to go down?' questioned Rick Bartalini of Kakaako.

The flight, which had 212 passenger on board, took off from Hickman Air Force Base (pictured)

The flight, which had 212 passenger on board, took off from Hickman Air Force Base

'I was nervous because when I first saw it, it was pretty close. I was like oh my gosh,' Tynan added.

Following the incident, Atlas Air released a statement announcing an inspection into the fire's cause.

'An Atlas Air passenger flight landed safely at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu following a mechanical issue with one engine. At Atlas, safety is always our top priority and we will be conducting a thorough inspection to determine the cause.' wrote Atlas Air.

The incident remains under investigation.

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