Engine Fire over Denver

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Original Poster:

3,488 posts

102 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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https://twitter.com/michaelagiulia/status/13632411...

Shredding the Engine covering as it goes.

All landed safely back at the airport though.

Some good vids on twitter of various pieces landed and falling to the ground

Quhet

2,409 posts

145 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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stevemcs

8,592 posts

92 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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There isn't a lot left of that, what is it with modern engines when they go bang they seem too lose a lot of the cowling.

Krikkit

26,500 posts

180 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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Crikey that's a real mess, surprised it was still on the pylon given how much it was wobbling about

V41LEY

2,889 posts

237 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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BBC reporting with photos of the engine cowling in someone’s garden in Denver.

Tony1963

4,699 posts

161 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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If you don’t use Twitter:

https://youtu.be/T6wgXNSwCDA

aeropilot

34,295 posts

226 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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And pretty much at the same time, a 747 Freighter had a similar uncontained engine failure over Holland, shedding pieces of engine that caused some damage and some injuries to people on the ground.
P&W investigators are going to be a bit busy.....

Downward

Original Poster:

3,488 posts

102 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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Yeah big pieces of aircraft in gardens on a football pitch and by the side of the road

scrw.

2,602 posts

189 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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aeropilot said:
And pretty much at the same time, a 747 Freighter had a similar uncontained engine failure over Holland, shedding pieces of engine that caused some damage and some injuries to people on the ground.
P&W investigators are going to be a bit busy.....
Could have been nasty.... https://www.airlineratings.com/news/747s-engine-tu...

sherman

13,060 posts

214 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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Shody terrorists or coincedence?

Gameface

16,565 posts

76 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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sherman said:
Shody terrorists or coincedence?
confused

Petrus1983

8,516 posts

161 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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Downward said:
Yeah big pieces of aircraft in gardens on a football pitch and by the side of the road

Tony1963

4,699 posts

161 months

Sunday 21st February 2021
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sherman said:
Shody terrorists or coincedence?
What are you on about.

Learn to spell.

Cold

15,207 posts

89 months

Sunday 21st February 2021
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A short slideshow of images is available from Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colorado-airpla...


Chuck328

1,580 posts

166 months

Sunday 21st February 2021
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Safer onboard than under the flight path of that!

sherman

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214 months

Sunday 21st February 2021
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Tony1963 said:
sherman said:
Shody terrorists or coincedence?
What are you on about.

Learn to spell.
2 planes with essentially the same incident.
As for the spelling, I wont comment on your punctuation. wink



Edited by sherman on Sunday 21st February 02:19

jimmyjimjim

7,329 posts

237 months

Sunday 21st February 2021
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Won't. (sorry, won't do it again).

Crumpet

3,875 posts

179 months

Sunday 21st February 2021
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Interesting that the fire kept burning. Not something you’d want 180 minutes from land somewhere over the Pacific. eek

MikeGTi

2,497 posts

200 months

Sunday 21st February 2021
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ATC and radar recording here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7-zh7Sebr8

aeropilot

34,295 posts

226 months

Sunday 21st February 2021
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This is one of the oldest 777's flying, being the 5th one built.

As said, above, its a good job it happened so soon into the flight, and not 3/4 hours later out over the Pacific when they were a couple of hours from the nearest runway in either direction....