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.
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
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.
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
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?
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.
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.
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.