An Air France flight from Paris to Los Angeles was forced to make a sudden emergency landing after it lost part of an engine over the Atlantic ocean.
One of the four engines on the Airbus A380 flight AF66 failed as the plane was flying over western Greenland.
No passengers were harmed in the incident, but were forced to remain on board hours after landing.
The plane was carrying 496 passengers and 24 crew at the time, an Air France spokesperson told AFP news agency.
David Rehmar, a former aircraft mechanic who was a passenger on the flight, told the BBC that he believed the incident was a fan failure.
He said there was a sudden movement followed by a loud noise, which caused panic within the aircraft.
"You heard a loud "boom", and it was the vibration alone that made me think the engine had failed," he said.
Mr Rehmar said that for a few moments, he thought the plane could have fallen from the sky with fears the aircraft's wing could have been damaged.
However his fears were calmed after the plane stabilised 30 seconds later with the pilots quickly shutting down the affected engine.
The plane continued for around an hour on three engines before reaching Goose Bay Airport, in Labrador in eastern Canada.
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