Holy Moly!

Sir Tigger KC · 20 February 2021, 23:06:47

A plane has made an emergency landing in Denver, Colorado after the engine failed soon after take off, caught fire and scattered debris over a residential neighbourhood in the town of Broomfield.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56141673

There's a video of the burning engine on this Twitter thread taken from inside the aircraft.

https://twitter.com/AirlineFlyer/status/1363243840166100993

Kudos to whoever was calm enough to film it!

I'd have been too busy filling my kaks!

78bex · 20 February 2021, 23:30:42

A face mask probably got sucked in to the engine $:-\$

Raeturbo · 20 February 2021, 23:48:13

Bet that was scary 😱

Doctor Gollum · 21 February 2021, 00:21:51

Quote from: 78bex on 20 February 2021, 23:30:42
A face mask probably got sucked in to the engine $:-\$

A GE90 at full chat wouldn't even notice a facemask...

Corrosion from sitting around for a year more like

Although a very similar incident happened three years ago, almost to the day, and another Hawaii bound United 777, UAL1175.

Credit where it's due, the compressor casing held up

Doctor Gollum · 21 February 2021, 00:33:28

https://youtu.be/b-SOPklAm-s

https://youtu.be/LGLAun2mlB8

Sir Tigger KC · 21 February 2021, 01:35:01

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0hhoxCm4W8

Rangie · 21 February 2021, 07:30:21

Mr T was right about not going on aeroplanes..😂😂😂

Kevin Wood · 21 February 2021, 10:22:08

Yep, I think that's broken.

Doctor Gollum · 21 February 2021, 12:15:00

Full ATC audio https://youtu.be/G7-zh7Sebr8

Those intake fairings aren't that heavy, especially when 80% of the assembly is missing, but it wouldn't have bounced off the roof of the house. There's a few people in Broomfield who should be buying lottery tickets.

TheBoy · 21 February 2021, 12:54:24

Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 20 February 2021, 23:06:47
Kudos to whoever was calm enough to film it! I'd have been too busy filling my kaks!

No, no, no, no, no. Keep up!

Millennials now can only watch stuff happen on an LCD screen, so in order to look out of the window, they have to point a gayPhone at what they want to look at.

Its exactly the same as standing in the way of live rounds in Burma. Unless you can post it on your favour social media site, then it couldn't possibly have happened.

Field Marshal Dr. Opti · 21 February 2021, 13:04:59

I believe a young William Shatner was on the flight, and witnessed the whole scary episode.

Doctor Gollum · 21 February 2021, 13:08:03

If you're caught in summat like that, and have the presence of mind, film it. You can't do anything about it nor can you control the outcome.

If you walk away, it's something to show the grandkids, if you don't, it could help identify the cause, which will help the NTSB ~~whitewash~~ investigation, and hopefully help prevent it from reoccurring

Migv6 le Frog Fan · 21 February 2021, 13:36:54

Im a nervous flyer, so I would just put my head between my legs and kiss my arse goodbye.

Doctor Gollum · 22 February 2021, 16:40:13

All the 777-200s with this PW engine have been grounded pending the investigation.

Viral_Jim · 22 February 2021, 17:03:25

First the MAX, now this. Seems like Boeing is having more trouble keeping 'em up than half the members on here.

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