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A British Airways plane bound for London with 170 people on board has burst into flames on the tarmac at Las Vegas Airport.
The Boeing 777-200 was preparing to take off shortly after 4pm (local time) on Tuesday when its left engine caught fire, sending thick black smoke billowing into the sky.
The 157 passengers and 13 crew were evacuated using emergency slides as around 50 firefighters tackled the blaze, while 13 people were treated in hospital for minor injuries and have now been released from hospital.
In audio recordings, the jet's pilot, who has been praised for his handling of the emergency, is heard calmly asking for fire crews before telling air traffic control: "We are evacuating on the runway. We have a fire, I repeat, we are evacuating."
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Scary, but think of what might've happened if it had happened in the air. [sweatdrop]

 

If its in the air... then no time to say bye bye liao :(

 

Luckily, no one is seriously injured ... thats the best news :))

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Another Boeing 777 in trouble. Engine failure this time

Debris falls from United Airlines plane during emergency landing near US city

Debris from a United Airlines plane fell onto Denver suburbs during an emergency landing on Saturday (Feb 20) after one of its engines suffered a catastrophic failure and rained pieces of the engine casing on a neighborhood where it narrowly missed a home.

..the Boeing 777-200 returned to the Denver International Airport after experiencing a right-engine failure shortly after takeoff. Flight 328 was flying from Denver to Honolulu when the incident occurred, the agency said.

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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/united-airlines-flight-328-denver-debris-falls-emergency-landing-14247242

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16 minutes ago, Didu said:

Another Boeing 777 in trouble. Engine failure this time

Debris falls from United Airlines plane during emergency landing near US city

Debris from a United Airlines plane fell onto Denver suburbs during an emergency landing on Saturday (Feb 20) after one of its engines suffered a catastrophic failure and rained pieces of the engine casing on a neighborhood where it narrowly missed a home.

..the Boeing 777-200 returned to the Denver International Airport after experiencing a right-engine failure shortly after takeoff. Flight 328 was flying from Denver to Honolulu when the incident occurred, the agency said.

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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/united-airlines-flight-328-denver-debris-falls-emergency-landing-14247242

Can't imagine as a passenger seeing this outside the window.

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1 hour ago, mersaylee said:

Worse would be passenger on the other side shouted the same 😅

Many years ago, I was in this Air Canada flight taking off at Changi. There was a loud BOOM halfway thru the climb. Everyone onboard stopped talking, and we could feel some new vibration under our feet. The 747 eventually turned and landed back onto the runway. PA system announced flight for the day was cancelled and we were whisked off for a 1 night stay at Changi Meridien Hotel(it was called that during then), compliments from the airline. Next day while boarding the same plane, I notice the logo on the engine cover has changed from "RR" to "GE". This is only part 1 of that eventful trip.  [laugh] 

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54 minutes ago, Didu said:

Many years ago, I was in this Air Canada flight taking off at Changi. There was a loud BOOM halfway thru the climb. Everyone onboard stopped talking, and we could feel some new vibration under our feet. The 747 eventually turned and landed back onto the runway. PA system announced flight for the day was cancelled and we were whisked off for a 1 night stay at Changi Meridien Hotel(it was called that during then), compliments from the airline. Next day while boarding the same plane, I notice the logo on the engine cover has changed from "RR" to "GE". This is only part 1 of that eventful trip.  [laugh] 

You might have boarded the same flight but I don’t think it is so easy to replace an engine of the same make/model in 24 hours much less change it out for another make altogether. 

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48 minutes ago, Didu said:

Many years ago, I was in this Air Canada flight taking off at Changi. There was a loud BOOM halfway thru the climb. Everyone onboard stopped talking, and we could feel some new vibration under our feet. The 747 eventually turned and landed back onto the runway. PA system announced flight for the day was cancelled and we were whisked off for a 1 night stay at Changi Meridien Hotel(it was called that during then), compliments from the airline. Next day while boarding the same plane, I notice the logo on the engine cover has changed from "RR" to "GE". This is only part 1 of that eventful trip.  [laugh] 

Did they change in pair for better balance or only one side? 😁

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1 hour ago, mersaylee said:

Did they change in pair for better balance or only one side? 😁

It didn't occur to me to check both sides. [:p]

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1 hour ago, Macrosszero said:

You might have boarded the same flight but I don’t think it is so easy to replace an engine of the same make/model in 24 hours much less change it out for another make altogether. 

You might be right on this. 😁 They may have flown over a replacement plane.

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Japan requests airlines avoid Boeing 777 with certain engines as US aviation authority issues new directive

Japan has requested that airlines avoid using Boeing 777 planes with Pratt & Whitney 4000 engines for take-offs, landings and overflights in its territory until further notice, the Japan Aeronautical Information Service Center said.

The notice to airmen, issued on Sunday (Feb 21) evening, came after a United Airlines 777 landed safely at Denver International Airport on Saturday after its right engine failed. 

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), meanwhile, said that it is issuing an emergency airworthiness directive following the incident, requiring immediate or stepped-up inspections of similar planes.

FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said in a statement late on Sunday that the directive covers Boeing 777 aircraft equipped with certain Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines and it "will likely mean that some airplanes will be removed from service".

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/japan-boeing-777-pratt-whitney-pw4000-engine-faa-directive-14253512

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Alamak!! Same engine type.

Boeing 747 cargo plane drops engine parts in Netherlands

The plane, which was headed to New York, was powered by Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines, a smaller version of those on a United Airlines Boeing 777 involved in an incident in Denver.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/boeing-747-cargo-plane-drops-engine-parts-netherlands-n1258485

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42 minutes ago, mersaylee said:

Next time must check plane type, engine type, pilot state of mind before fasten the seat belt...😁

Check when you're able to travel again. Still some years to go. 

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