Dramatic video captured a stream of sparks flying out of a United Airlines jet that was forced to make an emergency nighttime landing in Newark after circling over the Atlantic to burn fuel.
The Boeing 777-200 spewed the sparks “shortly after getting airborne on runway 22L at Newark-Intl AP (KEWR)” about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday on its way to Sao Paulo, Brazil, aviation safety site JACDEC said on Twitter.
The 1996-built aircraft “entered a holding pattern…