After suffering an engine issue, a Honolulu-bound United Airlines flight had to return to Denver International Airport on Saturday, US media reported.

However, the flight has returned safely to the airport around 1:30 pm local time, a spokesperson of the airport told CNN.

Earlier, the Broomfield police informed via Twitter that they had received reports that an aeroplane flying over the Denver suburb had engine trouble and had “dropped debris in several neighbourhoods around 1:08 p.m.”

“No injuries report at this time,” the tweet further added.

Soon additional tweets followed from the police saying debris landed in Commons Park and the Northmoor and Red Leaf neighbourhoods of Broomfield.

The city of Broomfield is about 25 miles north of Denver and 30 miles east of Denver International Airport.

Although authorities are yet to definitively connect the two incidents, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed in a statement posted on Twitter that a Boeing 777-200 safely returned to the Denver International Airport after “experiencing a right-engine failure shortly after takeoff.”

“The FAA is aware of reports of debris in the vicinity of the airplane’s flight path,” the statement read.

Meanwhile, Broomfield police have cautioned residents to not touch or move plane debris if they see it in their yard.