Several people were injured at the fire of the American Airlines plane. During taxiing towards the runway with the right engine went up the fire – if it happened a few seconds later, the Boeing 767 was already in the air.
the incident occurred on Friday in the afternoon (local time) at the airport Chicago-O’hare. On Board of the machine were 161 passengers and malfunction of the engine were injured several dozen people. The airport was paralyzed for several hours.
” the Boeing 767 was supposed to fly to Miami. Friday approx. hours 14:30 (local time), when preparing for departure due to an unexpected failure of the right engine. There was a huge flame that covered the entire leaf.
– (Pilot – ed.) broke the start button in the right moment to completely slow down the plane, said Timothy Sampey of fire protection of the airport O’hara. He added that the engine and the wing was entirely engulfed in flames, said
the Authorities of the airline, said in a statement that the fire was caused by “a malfunction related to the engine”. In turn, the local media reported that the fire was the result of a blowout, when dispersed the aircraft on the runway.
Source: tvn24.pl, wprost.pl ABC News
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