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Aviation => Aviation Accidents/Incidents => Topic started by: KB4TEZ on September 18, 2019, 12:47:49 PM

Title: Air China jet makes emergency return to airport after engine fire reported
Post by: KB4TEZ on September 18, 2019, 12:47:49 PM

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/viral/air-china-jet-makes-emergency-return-to-airport-after-engine-fire-reported/vi-AAHsY32?ocid=spartanntp

Video included in link.  Wow.
working on the audio

Officials say an Air China jet bound for Beijing has made an emergency return to Dulles International Airport after reporting an engine fire.

Title: Re: Air China jet makes emergency return to airport after engine fire reported
Post by: VASAviation on September 18, 2019, 07:42:15 PM

Hi there,

Video with ATC radar linked (including real video recorded from the executive ramp). Audio attached.

https://youtu.be/LxPZJbFWayc

Title: Re: Air China jet makes emergency return to airport after engine fire reported
Post by: TProphet on October 01, 2019, 12:02:59 AM

I'm impressed by the Chinese crew. They were assertive with the controllers when they needed to be, and were good at understanding instructions even when they weren't clear and the English was too slurred and fast to be appropriate for a foreign crew.