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August 22, 1985 – British Airtours Flight 28M, a 737-200, aborted its takeoff at Manchester Airport in Manchester, England, after it caught fire due to a crack in one of the combustors of the left Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 engine. Of the 137 passengers and crew on board, 55 died, most due to toxic smoke inhalation.
A Boeing cargo plane operated by Atlas Air caught fire mid-flight, prompting an emergency landing in Miami. Atlas Air Flight 5Y095 experienced an engine malfunction shortly after departing from ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An Atlas Air Boeing 747-8 cargo plane made an emergency landing in Miami late Thursday shortly after departure after suffering an engine fire. The Federal Aviation ...
The plane, operated by Atlas Air, caught fire due to an engine malfunction. The incident is the latest in a series of issues with Boeing-made jets. The plane, operated by Atlas Air, caught fire ...
On 6 February 2023, a Boeing 737-300 owned by Coulson Aviation and used as an air tanker crashed in the Fitzgerald River National Park in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia while fighting multiple fires. The two crew members aboard—both pilots—survived with minor injuries and were taken to the hospital.
The engine failure resulted in an in-flight engine fire, extensive damage to the engine nacelle, and minor damage to the fuselage. [11] Passengers also recorded video of the engine nacelle damage and in-flight fire and posted these to social media. The failed engine was a Pratt & Whitney (P&W) model PW4077 turbofan. [12]
A Boeing 737-300 plane carrying 85 people caught fire and skidded off a runway at Senegal's main airport, near the capital of Dakar. Passengers were evacuated from the burning aircraft at Blaise ...
The plane was overloaded, carrying 21 passengers and crew rather than the 17 maximum specified. One person died, and four others were badly injured. In the 1996 Air Africa crash, the plane failed to take off due to being over maximum takeoff weight. The aircraft overran the runway and ploughed into a crowded market, which killed more than 220 ...