I have just heard in the radio that a British plane had to make an emergency landing here in SCQ after an engine fire. No indications of the airline or plane. The plane was flying from Manchester to Tenerife, had left at 4.00 am and at 7.00 landed here. The passengers will leave in other plane in an hour. So guys….I´ll get my camara inmediately, drive to the airport and keep you informed.
By: EGNM - 27th October 2002 at 11:58
RE: Breaking news. Fire on a British plane
depends on how badly damaged the a/c it is. If it’s just a damaged engine and pylon, a new one could b flown out with a repair team to fix it on site, or alternativly Iberia Maintenace as locals may b contracted to send a team by road to do it.
By: T5 - 27th October 2002 at 08:50
RE: Breaking news. Fire on a British plane
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 27-10-02 AT 08:52 AM (GMT)]Thanks for the info Keltic.
> Any idea what they’re going to do with the aircraft? Just a case of looking at the engine and letting it fly home?
By: EGNM - 26th October 2002 at 21:30
RE: Breaking news. Fire on a British plane
Saw that 2 in TFS yest – must have done 2 sectors like the ABD craft – it was talk of Ops this morning as we were expecting a call to pick em up sometime.
By: A330Crazy - 26th October 2002 at 15:59
RE: Breaking news. Fire on a British plane
Must have given the passengers quite a fright. Thanx for notifying us Keltic.
By: keltic - 26th October 2002 at 15:30
RE: Breaking news. Fire on a British plane
OK, I have juste returned from the airport. It was the AMM458 im flight from Tenerife to Manchester. It had left Tenerife at 4:00 local time and when it was overflying my city there was an engine failure (stopped or fire) so the G-OOOF had to make a normal emergency landing at SCQ at about 7:00 am. I have checked and no substantial damage is noticed from the perimetral road. The passengers were taken to the city (free tourism,,,,,great) to a hotel and now they are about to take off to MAN in another B757-200
By: LGKR - 26th October 2002 at 14:24
RE: Breaking news. Fire on a British plane
Do keep us informed!
-must be one of my beloved charter airlines if its Manchester to Tenerife!!
LGKR
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October 26, 2002 at 1:59 pm