FedEx engine fire on departure EWR

[NovemberEcho]

Happened 10 min after I went on break thankfully for all involved

“Packages Delayed”: FedEx Aircraft Catches Fire Mid-Air Moments After Takeoff

A FedEx aircraft caught on fire as it took off from New Jersey.

www.boredpanda.com

 

[roundout]

Happened 10 min after I went on break

better to be lucky than good

 

[Ajax]

Honest question, what is worse here, the engine fire or being back in Newark?

 

[GroundPilot]

Tower did a great job working the airport on 29 and getting flights on/off. Kept it tight

My flight had a 60 min taxi which wasn't too bad considering

 

[NovemberEcho]

Tower did a great job working the airport on 29 and getting flights on/off. Kept it tight

My flight had a 60 min taxi which wasn't too bad considering

You’re welcome for the increased spacing on final to allow departures to roll. Making Elon proud!


Lots of videos of it flying with the fire. Reported bird strike.

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/s/RFOAUHiOoK

 

[GroundPilot]

You’re welcome for the increased spacing on final to allow departures to roll. Making Elon proud!


Lots of videos of it flying with the fire. Reported bird strike.

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/s/RFOAUHiOoK

Where's that new PHL sector located? I'll bring coffee ha

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Honest question, what is worse here, the engine fire or being back in Newark?

"We'd like to go to Kennedy, please."

 

[NovemberEcho]

Where's that new PHL sector located? I'll bring coffee ha

PHL

 

[Wardogg]

And because it's not an airline almost all the news about it has BOEING in nice big letters.

 

[Boris Badenov]

"We'd like to go to Kennedy, please."

I'd say just press on, but they were presumably going to Memphis, so...

 

[Roger Roger]

Honest question, what is worse here, the engine fire or being back in Newark?

Apparently @///AMG and I are the only ones who enjoy a long EWR layover

 

[KLB]

Apparently @///AMG and I are the only ones who enjoy a long EWR layover

Do you guys stay in Jersey City? I really enjoy that area.

 

[Roger Roger]

Do you guys stay in Jersey City? I really enjoy that area.

Right by Lincoln Harbor. Easy ferry or bus ride to Manhattan.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Apparently @///AMG and I are the only ones who enjoy a long EWR layover

Oh, the layovers have all been fine. Is the airport, for me.

 

[Roger Roger]

Oh, the layovers have all been fine. Is the airport, for me.

Fair.

 

[N826AW]

Right by Lincoln Harbor. Easy ferry or bus ride to Manhattan.

My hometown!

 

[Boris Badenov]

Not my pic but if this is the one that bird sure had sharp feathers...

 

[knot4u]

Not my pic but if this is the one that bird sure had sharp feathers...

I'm just guessing but I suspect the majority of that blade damage was caused as the bird didn't quite make it through the fan and went for a wild posthumous circular ride for a few seconds and gave freedom to the apparently missing acoustic material just in front of the fan and that errant debris is likely what tore up the blades. Just spitballing though, I have no idea what happened.

 

[Boris Badenov]

I'm just guessing but I suspect the majority of that blade damage was caused as the bird didn't quite make it through the fan and went for a wild posthumous circular ride for a few seconds and gave freedom to the apparently missing acoustic material just in front of the fan and that errant debris is likely what tore up the blades. Just spitballing though, I have no idea what happened.

I defer to your knowledge on these things (and that makes a lot of sense). I was thinking maybe a drone. Whatever it was, holy crap.

 

[Wardogg]

One thing I know about bird strikes is there’s always blood. I don’t see any blood.