An Airplane Engine Caught Fire Mid-Flight And People On Board Obviously Freaked Out!
Passengers onboard a Philippine Airline from Los Angeles to Manila might have peed their pants in fear for their lives after what happened to their airplane. The airplane was only one hour into the journey when passengers noticed fire and smoke coming out of one of its engines. Fortunately the pilots quick thinking saved everyone on board as they turned the plane around and made an emergency landing.
No matter how safe air travel is deemed to be, there is always the fear of something going wrong. And on a lot of flights, things do go terribly wrong and I am not talking about the turbulence that brings your heart in your mouth or sends chills down your spine. I am talking more of, airplane engine on fire.
Some passengers onboard a Philippine Airline from Los Angeles to Manila might have peed their pants in fear for their lives after what happened to their airplane.
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The airplane was only one hour into the journey when passengers noticed fire and smoke coming out of one of its engines. The incident was captured on video by a passenger and the video has been going viral.
Fortunately, the pilots quick thinking saved everyone on board as they turned the plane around and made an emergency landing at the Los Angeles International Airport.
In the video the passenger can be heard saying, "Never seen that before. Oh my God. It's blowing fire out of there. I've never seen that before. That doesn't sound good. It doesn't look good.¡±
The plane made a safe landing even after the malfunction.
Philippine Airlines said in a statement the aircraft had suffered a 'technical problem in one of its engines shortly after take-off¡¯.
"All 342 passengers and 18 crew members are safe and were able to disembark from the airplane using regular airstairs. We greatly appreciate the calmness and patience of our PR113 passengers, who cooperated well with our cabin crew during the flight and the emergency landing,¡± the airline said in the statement.
About two months ago, a United Airlines flight from Denver to Orlando was forced to turn back after the plane¡¯s engine suffered a mechanical issue, mid-air.
@denverpost @9NEWS @CBSDenver @ColoradoSun @DenverChannel This morning at #DIA flight UA293. Engine malfunctioned mid-flight. pic.twitter.com/DUYyQR3H8y
¡ª Abbi Reznicek (@AbbiReznicek) September 29, 2019
According to Aviation 24, the aircraft climbed to 10,000 feet but returned to Denver after the left hand engine¡¯s cowling opened. A video of the incident, was posted on Twitter, which shows the left engine of the plane shaking violently mid-flight. It also shows a part of the cover partially detaching and peeling away.
Thankfully, no injuries were reported on this flight either.