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.
I have seen news stories describe engine surges as “bursting into flames” before, but that’s not the case here.
The video of the incident shows a small but sustained flame emerging from the bottom-rear of the engine, well below the engine’s core.
There was an engine fire but in typical journalistic fashion it was far short of bursting into flames.
Unlikely to be boeing’s fault as they don’t make the engines, just the airframes.
Edit: An engine surge/compressor stall is the plane’s version of a backfire. Big bang and a burst of flames. Very exciting, but very little danger beyond the loss of thrust. This incident wasn’t a surge, but the last time I saw mainstream news say an engine “burst into flames” it was.
I have seen news stories describe engine surges as “bursting into flames” before, but that’s not the case here.
The video of the incident shows a small but sustained flame emerging from the bottom-rear of the engine, well below the engine’s core.
There was an engine fire but in typical journalistic fashion it was far short of bursting into flames.
Unlikely to be boeing’s fault as they don’t make the engines, just the airframes.
Edit: An engine surge/compressor stall is the plane’s version of a backfire. Big bang and a burst of flames. Very exciting, but very little danger beyond the loss of thrust. This incident wasn’t a surge, but the last time I saw mainstream news say an engine “burst into flames” it was.