According to local media outlets, including German paper Die Welt and The Daily Mail, passengers saw flames shooting from one of the plane's engines midair. The plane landed in Italy's coastal city of Brindisi at 8:30 p.m. local time, data from FlightAware shows. No injuries were reported.

It was an incredibly horrible experience. I already sent goodbye texts because I thought, ‘It’s over now,'” said one terrified passenger.