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British Airways Fire in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Passengers on landing planes grabbed dramatic photos of a fire that engulfed a British Airways Boeing 777 at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas Tuesday afternoon. The incident happened shorlty after 4:20 p.m. (PT) Airport officials said 159 passengers and 13 crew members were evacuated by emergency slides. Two people were reported injured. (www.wsbtv.com) Daha Fazlası...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I live in Las Vegas, and frequently drive by the airport on the south side, and see the BA 777 still sitting over in the freight area. I asked here on FA about any updates to its status, and apparently I missed an article in the LVRJ about what its costing BA to park what looks to be a "hull loss". The article stated that BA has to pay $375/day to park the aircraft where it is, and the article also mentioned that term "hull loss".. If they are required to scrap the aircraft, I hope they'll be able to at least pull the good engine and everything out of the cockpit.. It will be interesting to see what is done with the rest of the plane, if its totalled...
Maybe they could take a flaperon and float it in the Indian ocean with a tracking device and see if they can mimic the route of the one that came ashore on Reunion Is.
KLAS tower recording during incident (takeoff clearance around 10:45, go-arounds and mayday and stuff starting around 12:40): http://archive-server.liveatc.net/klas/KLAS-Twr1-Sep-08-2015-2300Z.mp3
AVHERALD.Com report:
http://avherald.com/h?article=48c10434&opt=0
http://avherald.com/h?article=48c10434&opt=0
El servicio contraincendios llego relativamente rapido teniendo en cuenta las distancias de estos aeropuertos grandes pero
""porque la evacuación de los pasajeros se hizo por la izquierda cuando el fuego estaba de ese lado???? saludos desde Argentina
""porque la evacuación de los pasajeros se hizo por la izquierda cuando el fuego estaba de ese lado???? saludos desde Argentina
Saluds from Google Translate:
The fire service arrived relatively fast considering the distances of these large airports but
"" because the evacuation of passengers was on the left when the fire was on that side ???? Greetings from Argentina
The fire service arrived relatively fast considering the distances of these large airports but
"" because the evacuation of passengers was on the left when the fire was on that side ???? Greetings from Argentina
Been there done that. Blew #2 on a DC-10 at 500ft on take off. Full Load. We leveled out and made it back to Toronto. Little did we know, that we had a external engine fire. The #2 blow-out sounded like 5 double barrel shotguns...if not more. It definitely got your attention. United has an intense training program. They gave us, the cabin crew, the authority to evac without a cockpit order. Other carriers don't have that option. The cabin crew wait for the green light to evac from the cockpit. We initiated a Full Load evac under 90 seconds. 387PAX. As far as the "Carry-On"... yes the do take their carry bags. I was at 1L and I was ripping bags out of their hands before I threw them out the slide. Taking your carry-on is the worst thing to do. Leave your precious Laptop behind and safe your butt. If that slide is the only way out and the slide punctures it...end of story. Now with the aircraft. They may have add a
compressor stall which is unusual with the later model engines but it can still happen. So #1 went...I feel the fire started from Throwing Back the Throttle, engaging the thrust reversers and standing on the brakes. It was 103 degrees. Imagine how hot the runway was. I feel that it wasn't the engine but it was a wheel well fire. As far as the evac....they shouldn't have deployed the Left Side Slides. Always access conditions prior to opening the exit.
compressor stall which is unusual with the later model engines but it can still happen. So #1 went...I feel the fire started from Throwing Back the Throttle, engaging the thrust reversers and standing on the brakes. It was 103 degrees. Imagine how hot the runway was. I feel that it wasn't the engine but it was a wheel well fire. As far as the evac....they shouldn't have deployed the Left Side Slides. Always access conditions prior to opening the exit.