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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]
An American Airlines flight departing New York's LaGuardia Airport on Thursday evening had to divert to nearby John F. Kennedy International shortly after takeoff after a reported bird strike ...
Following an engine shutdown, a precautionary landing is usually performed with airport fire and rescue equipment positioned near the runway. The prompt landing is a precaution against the risk that another engine will fail later in the flight or that the engine failure that has already occurred may have caused or been caused by other as-yet unknown damage or malfunction of aircraft systems ...
The flight took off at about 9:24 p.m. on 20 February 2005. When the aircraft, a four-engine Boeing 747-436, was around 300 feet (91 m) into the air, flames burst out of its number 2 engine, a result of engine surge. The pilots shut the engine down. Air traffic control expected the plane to return to the airport and deleted its flight plan.
The flight from Bucharest to Zurich on Dec. 23 was diverted to Graz after engine problems and smoke filled the cockpit and the cabin, Swiss International Air Lines said in a statement.
One of the busiest travel days of the year got off to a rough start due to a "technical issue" that briefly disrupted American Airlines flights nationwide.
The training flight attempted to simulate a single engine failure during takeoff, but actually caused reverse thrust in the engine leading to a loss of control. March 26, 1955 4 0 19 Pan Am Flight 845/26: Pacific Ocean, 35 miles west of the Oregon coast: Oregon: Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
American Airlines Flight 383 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois to Miami International Airport.On October 28, 2016, the Boeing 767-300ER operating the flight suffered an engine fire during takeoff.