The right engine of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner operated by Chinese airline Hainan Airlines caught fire on Sunday morning shortly after take-off from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport. The plane, which was headed to the Chinese city of Shenzhen, turned around and landed safely after dumping fuel over the sea.
The cause of the fire was unclear, an Italian airport official said, adding that there had been no air traffic delays in Fiumicino.
Flames came from the engine
A video shows flames coming from the engine of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner under the right wing.
Apparently the engine failure and fire were caused by a collision with some flying birds, Italian media reported.
249 passengers on board
The affected plane was a plane bound for Shenzhen in China that departed from Rome Fiumicino at around 10:30 am on Sunday with 249 passengers and 16 crew members.
As radar images show, the plane turned several times to dump fuel before making an emergency landing. The landing went smoothly and no one was injured. The Boeing is now undergoing technical inspections.
Always problems
In 2022, the US Federal Aviation Administration denied Boeing the ability to self-certify the Dreamliner’s compliance because an Italian supplier, two companies based in Brindisi in southern Italy, used grade 2 titanium instead of a titanium alloy with “largely inferior mechanical properties and structural properties”. force.” “had used. Recently there have been repeated problems with the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
Source: Krone
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