BA 777 fire at McCarran

[Traderd]

Pictures and video

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/09/...tches-fire-on-las-vegas-runway-photos-videos/

First report is left engine fire, aborted t/o. No serious injuries.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/08/us/las-vegas-british-airways-fire/index.html

 

[Traderd]

Damage picture

http://image.airlineratings.com/articles/12002892_10153765476108714_3033120918736925359_n.jpg

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03433/vegas2_3433621b.jpg

 

[dustrpilot]

Oh dam!

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

It'll buff out.....

Holy crap...uncontained failure

 

[SpauldingSmails]

"Damn it Nigel, I told you we should have bought the Rolls' motors."

 

[LJ45]

Great job crew..nice to see some professionals are still out there…unlike the idiots I hear on 121.5 with music, farts and stupid remarks.

 

[Traderd]

NTSB Update

http://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/PR20150910.aspx

[FONT=&quot]The following are the initial factual findings:[/FONT]

• [FONT=&quot]British Airways flight 2276, a Boeing 777-200ER, equipped with two GE90-85B engines, registration G-VIIO, was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 129 and was enroute to London - Gatwick Airport (LGW), Horley, England. [/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]There were 157 passengers, including 1 lap child, and 13 crew members on board. There were several minor injuries as a result of the evacuation (mostly abrasions).[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]The flight data recorder, cockpit voice recorder and quick access recorder have arrived at the NTSB Vehicle Recorder Laboratory and are currently being downloaded.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]On Tuesday evening, the airplane was photographed and the runway debris documented by FAA and airport officials before airplane was towed to secluded area of the airport (in order to reopen the runway).[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Initial examination of the left engine revealed multiple breaches of the engine case in the area around the high pressure compressor.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Examination of the material recovered from runway found several pieces of the high pressure compressor spool (approximately 7-8 inches in length).[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Initial examination of the airplane by NTSB revealed that the left engine and pylon, left fuselage structure and inboard[/FONT][FONT=&quot] left wing airplane were substantially damaged by the fire. This damage will be documented over the next several days.[/FONT]

 

[Ex737Driver]

Damn good that it didn't occur airborne. Looked liked it was burning hard through the fuselage. Granted it would be blowing back due to the airflow but just how big a could it have been?

 

[ultrarunner]

That's just incredible. Great job crew....

Pretty safe to say a total hull loss...