Engine Fire over Denver

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Original Poster:

4,590 posts

118 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

2,655 posts

161 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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stevemcs

9,427 posts

108 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

27,407 posts

196 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

2,980 posts

253 months

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

Tony1963

5,672 posts

177 months

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

https://youtu.be/T6wgXNSwCDA

aeropilot

38,231 posts

242 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:

4,590 posts

118 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.

2,929 posts

205 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

14,387 posts

230 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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Shody terrorists or coincedence?

Gameface

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92 months

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

Petrus1983

10,402 posts

177 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

5,672 posts

177 months

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

Learn to spell.

Cold

15,990 posts

105 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

1,622 posts

182 months

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

sherman

14,387 posts

230 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

7,764 posts

253 months

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

Crumpet

4,362 posts

195 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

2,585 posts

216 months

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

aeropilot

38,231 posts

242 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....