British Airways B744 at Chicago on Sep 3rd 2017, engine failure
Last Update: September 4, 2017 / 21:21:23 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 3, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine failure
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-294
Departure
Chicago O'Hare, United States
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-BNLY
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
A ground observer reported there were about 5 to 7 loud bangs that caused a lot of people on the ground to look up, streaks of flame could be seen from the inboard left engine.
According to information The Aviation Herald received the engine suffered a number of surges.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 19 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 3, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine failure
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-294
Departure
Chicago O'Hare, United States
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-BNLY
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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