Qantas B738 at Sydney on Nov 8th 2024, engine failure on departure sets grass alight

Last Update: November 22, 2024 / 18:51:49 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 8, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Qantas

Flight number
QF-520

Departure
Sydney, Australia

Destination
Brisbane, Australia

Aircraft Registration
VH-VYH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Qantas Boeing 737-800, registration VH-VYH performing flight QF-520 from Sydney,NS to Brisbane,QL (Australia) with 181 people and dry ice on board, was departing Sydney's runway 34R when the crew declared PAN PAN during initial climb reporting an engine (CFM56) failure. The crew continued the climb to 3000 feet, shut the failed right hand engine down and entered a hold at 4000 feet while emergency services started to battle a fire that had ensued in the grass at the side of the departure runway. The aircraft landed safely on runway 34L about 30 minutes after departure, emergency services were still fighting the grass fire at that time.

The airline reported the engine suffered a contained engine failure and added: "While customers would have heard a loud bang, there was not an explosion."

The flight was cancelled.

On Nov 22nd 2024 the airline reported the engine failure was likely caused by a mechanical failure in the engine's turbine. Following fleetwide examination two more engines were removed from service before scheduled changes.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 8, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Qantas

Flight number
QF-520

Departure
Sydney, Australia

Destination
Brisbane, Australia

Aircraft Registration
VH-VYH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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