Shocking video footage shows the moment the engine of a Boeing passenger plane caught fire just after take off. The Boeing 747 - 400 was forced to make an emergency landing, returning to the airport it took off from after a “fire was observed in one of the engines” on May 15. The Garuda Indonesia aircraft was flying from the Indonesian city of Makassar to Madinah in Saudi Arabia. The 450 passengers on board and 18 crew members were evacuated and no one was hurt in the incident. The incident...
A dramatic new video shows a Delta-operated Airbus plane bursting into flames after it landed at Seattle-Tacoma airport on Monday, May 6. All 189 passengers were evacuated in minutes.
A week after a Boeing 737 plane carrying 85 people skidded and burst into flames on a Senegal runway, sending at least 10 people to the hospital, another Boeing plane caught fire on Wednesday. This week's Boeing mishap occurred on a Garuda Indonesia flight heading to Saudi Arabia from Indonesia with 468 people on board, when the plane caught fire soon after takeoff (see video below). — Read the rest
Shocking video footage shows the nose of a Delta plane on fire moments after it landed on May 6. The fire is seen at the front of the Airbus A321neo, below the cockpit, as black smoke rises into the air. Passengers can be seen leaving the plane via an emergency exit and walking onto a wing of the aircraft. They then slide down an inflatable evacuation slide to the ground. Officials say the Port of Seattle Fire Department arrived after the fire stopped. Firefighters still sprayed water on the...