JAL B773 at Los Angeles on Oct 15th 2021, engine failure

Last Update: October 21, 2021 / 20:06:04 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 15, 2021

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine failure

Airline
JAL Japan Airlines

Flight number
JL-15

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
Tokyo Haneda, Japan

Aircraft Registration
JA740J

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

A JAL Japan Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration JA740J performing flight JL-15 from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Tokyo Haneda (Japan), was climbing out of Los Angeles' runway 25R when the right hand engine (GE90) emitted streaks of flames prompting the crew to declare emergency and stop the climb at 5000 feet. The crew requested to dump fuel and return to Los Angeles and advised they were able to climb 6000 feet, and were promptly cleared to 6000 feet for the fuel dump. The aircraft returned to Los Angeles for a safe landing on runway 25L and taxied to the apron.

The owner of a car, that had been parked in the beach car park near the beach side market past the end of runway 25R, reported his car was damaged by debris falling off the aircraft (see images below).
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 15, 2021

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine failure

Airline
JAL Japan Airlines

Flight number
JL-15

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
Tokyo Haneda, Japan

Aircraft Registration
JA740J

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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