The Boeing 767, carrying 9 crew members and 226 passengers, was on its way to Atlanta. Pilots had to turn around due to a problem with the left engine.
Delta flight 446 landed safely, and the plane taxied to the gate on its own with no sign of a fire at that point. Passengers were able to deplane normally…
Delta said customers were reaccommodated on a new aircraft to their final destinations.
This was little more than an inconvenience for the passengers. The news always uses deliberately alarming language to entice a click. There was an actual engine fire this time, but it was a small one that appears to be out before they landed.
Commercial aviation is orders of magnitude safer than cars. The occasional incident is national news because they are rare. Fatal car crashes happen so often they aren’t even newsworthy.
An engine fire of any size is a serious emergency, and Boeing’s recent safety record should get executives fired if not jailed. That said, commercial aviation remains thee safest way to travel long distances. Incidents like this are newsworthy precisely because they are so rare.
If you search up ATC recordings on YouTube you can find that go arounds like this are fairly common. If you’re really afraid of Boeing’s systemic issues, understandably, avoid flights with Boeing planes and you’d be fine.
The engine is located far from the passenger cabin and it has fire suppression systems that probably put out the fire in flight. They have procedures for this that handled the situation so well they didn’t even have to evacuate the aircraft.
Fires are a risk with any combustion engine. Clearly they mitigated that risk effectively since no one was in any real danger
I think I will be forgoing air travel for the foreseeable future.
This was little more than an inconvenience for the passengers. The news always uses deliberately alarming language to entice a click. There was an actual engine fire this time, but it was a small one that appears to be out before they landed.
Commercial aviation is orders of magnitude safer than cars. The occasional incident is national news because they are rare. Fatal car crashes happen so often they aren’t even newsworthy.
Oh, just a small engine fire. Gotcha. My bad, that’s cool then.
Engines have nothing to do with the airframe.
Listen mate. You fly as many Boeing planes as you like. I wish you all the best. I am going to pass.
Just keep your feet on the ground
An engine fire of any size is a serious emergency, and Boeing’s recent safety record should get executives fired if not jailed. That said, commercial aviation remains thee safest way to travel long distances. Incidents like this are newsworthy precisely because they are so rare.
If you search up ATC recordings on YouTube you can find that go arounds like this are fairly common. If you’re really afraid of Boeing’s systemic issues, understandably, avoid flights with Boeing planes and you’d be fine.
That’s pretty much my plan. I also don’t need to fly very often.
So do you want me to compile a list of recent vehicle recalls and the alarming amount of cars that just spontaneously catch on fire?
How about the amount of biking deaths?
The engine is located far from the passenger cabin and it has fire suppression systems that probably put out the fire in flight. They have procedures for this that handled the situation so well they didn’t even have to evacuate the aircraft.
Fires are a risk with any combustion engine. Clearly they mitigated that risk effectively since no one was in any real danger
Boeing doesn’t make the engines.