Divya Delhi:  According to the New York Post, a FedEx plane's right engine caught fire after leaving Newark Airport  morning, forcing an emergency landing. According to FedEx and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a bird hit ignited the engine immediately. A Boeing 767-3S2F returned to the tarmac at 8 a.m. local time  after the right engine caught fire. Two Port Authority fire engines doused the flames as the plane arrived. The National Transportation Safety Board announced an investigation after the event, New York Post said. Flight data shows the jet landed at 8:07 am (local time) nine minutes after departure. Social media user published FedEx Boeing jet emergency landing video on her X handle. The incident was injury-free. Air travel was briefly halted for safety. Operations restarted soon. Flight Aware said the damage was unclear. At 9:30 am, the plane was cleared to fly to Indiana. A spokesman told New York Post, “FedEx Flight 3609 from Newark to Indianapolis experienced a bird strike during takeoff. Our team declared an emergency and returned to Newark safely. We appreciate our personnel and first responders' fast actions.” In recent weeks, many passenger airline mishaps have raised air safety worries. Southwest barely missed a crash at Chicago Midway Airport when a private airplane skidded across the runway, New York Post said.In the second incident in two days, Delta Air Lines' flight to South Carolina was forced to return to Atlanta due to “haze” and smoke. Early in February, a Black Hawk chopper collided with a commercial airliner carrying young competitive figure skaters and their parents, killing 67.