Incident: Delta A333 at Las Vegas on Oct 28th 2024, rejected takeoff due to engine fire
By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Oct 29th 2024 15:18Z, last updated Tuesday, Oct 29th 2024 15:18Z
A Delta Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration N805NW performing flight DL-777 from Las Vegas,NV to Atlanta,GA (USA) with 272 people on board, was accelerating for takeoff from Las Vegas' runway 26R when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed initially reporting an engine (PW4168A) failure. Other aircraft reported the right hand engine was on fire, there was smoke and flames coming out of the exhaust. Emergency services responded, the crew subsequently reported they had performed the engine fire checklist for their #2 engine. Emergency services and tower reported not seeing any smoke/fire. The crew advised they needed their operations to tow them out of their position, they couldn't get out of their position safely, they couldn't steer and they couldn't see exactly where they were with respect to runway lights underneath their aircraft. They were keeping the passengers on board and had shut down both engines, they have had no engine fire indication.
A passenger reported the aircraft suffered a "complete engine failure" and ended up sideways on the runway. They finally boarded a Boeing 737-800 for the flight.
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration N3752 reached Atlanta with a delay of about 9:15 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Las Vegas about 20 hours after the rejected takeoff.
