Plane engine on fire!!!

[Foz]

Did anyone just witness this 10 minutes ago?

I heard a huge BOOM outside from my window and it was loud! I thought it was a bomb blast that went off across our field.

I look out my window and holy @#$, I see this plane's engine (1 of them) on FIRE!!

The fire was still going and the plane turned back towards the airport and I couldn't see the fire on the other side of the plane.

Plenty of fire trucks on the runway at YYC. It landed safely.

Holy @#$!

[s dime]

wow, that's never good to hear, hope everyone's ok.

[Ripper]

Didn't another airplane's engine catch on fire in Calgary like last week? It was on the runway though.

[Team_Mclaren]

i was just talking to someone and all the accident he said theres a plane on fire.. i had a hard time believeing him.. i guess its real.

Thats hardcore, anyone taped it?

[l8braker]

[Foz]

Originally posted by Team_Mclaren
i was talking to someone and all the accident he said theres a plane on fire.. i had a hard time believeing him.. i guess its real.

Thats hardcore, anyone taped it?

I was too shocked to go grab my digital cam to record anything and it was pretty quick before it turned around. I hope someone got some footage for tonight's news.

I ran outside and the plane already was making it's way back to the runway.

I'm sure this will be top story tonight.

Yeah, last week there was another flight (believe it was Alaskan airlines) engine caught on fire during take off (but it didn't leave the ground)

Scary.

[Alpine Autowerks]

i was @ Fed Ex east of Deerfoot Mall at 7:00
they were talking about a plane trying to land with sparks coming out of it, when drove away there were dozen's of emergency vehicles all heading to the airport

[fast95pony]

I heard the boom too , right at 6:45 pm. It sounded like thunder.

The other aircraft belonged to Alaskan as Foz stated.It happened on the ramp before take-off I believe.

[ecstasy_civic]

HOLY FUCK!!!

My dads Capt. @ the firehall there tonight!!
Ill phone and find out what happened

Ya Alaska fired up #2 on push back and it went up. didnt even leave the apron I dont think.

[A2VR6]

Yea I heard that as well... it was right overtop my house when I saw it... holy shit that was intense... I ran to grab the camera only to find out it was out of battery!!! Good to see it made it tho!

[A2VR6]

just went to the cfcn page... heres what it said:


Tense moments on Calgary plane



calgary.ctv.ca


POSTED AT 7:21 PM Friday, November 4


Some terrifying moments for people on-board a plane taking off from the Calgary International Airport Friday night.

At around 6:45 p.m. witnesses reported hearing a loud boom and seeing fire coming out of one of the plane's engines.

Shortly after, the flames went out and the plane turned around to land.

Emergency crews raced to the scene.

The plane landed safely.

The airport confirms that the plane is an Air Canada craft.

There are unconfirmed reports the plane was carrying 130 people and 45-hundred kilograms of fuel.

[Foz]

Originally posted by A2VR6
just went to the cfcn page... heres what it said:

There are unconfirmed reports the plane was carrying 130 people and 45-hundred kilograms of fuel.

holy bejesus... it could have been worse...

[fast95pony]

An Air Canada A319 ,according to some reports.Landed okay.Hopefully no one was hurt. Would have been a frightening flight.

[Davetronz]

Originally posted by A2VR6
and 45-hundred kilograms of fuel.

Just a little bit of accelerant...

[canadiandaytona]

anybody know where it was headed?
Freind was leaving for London sometime after 6...

[TurboMedic]

I'm working tonite, and it sounded like a bird got sucked in.....a few aircraft parts landed in various spots in beddington, but the plane made it safely....we were prepared though!

[ryder_23]

2 fires in 1 week (ish) right before i have to fly for the first time in a long long time...not feeling good about this

[Tomaz]

Well, this sucks for me! I am a damn pilot!!!! Looks loike i am going to be doing my walk-arounds more in depth!

[l8braker]

^ dammit that is scary.

[Raz2]

Originally posted by Tomaz
Well, this sucks for me! I am a damn pilot!!!! Looks loike i am going to be doing my walk-arounds more in depth!

I'll ... ignore that ...

I haven't seen any parts here in Beddington yet, even though it would've been pretty sweet to have some shit land on my volvo so I could get a new car (damn wiring!)... uhm.

I didn't hear the boom, I was at work, but I did see a surprising amount of firetrucks in the NW when i was driving home (heard something about a power outage in brentwood, what was that about?)

- Rasmus