#United's #flight #UA889aborted takeoff in #Beijing after a loud bang and visible engine flames on Mon. The 27-year-old

[riversedge]

Knowing nothing else, seems lucky this happened before they were up in the air.
You can see the flames in the first photo.

#United’s #flight #UA889 aborted takeoff in #Beijing after a loud bang and visible engine flames on Mon. The 27-year-old #Boeing777 suffered mechanical failure, with blown tires and both engines reportedly affected. All passengers safe. #airline #Boeing

Link to tweet

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[newdeal2]

1. Maybe China can offer Trump that plane

In exchange for reduced tariffs.

[harumph]

2. Yes, it'll only take 4 billion to upgrade

but hey - it's OPM, so it's all good.

[Ocelot II]

3. Not as big a deal as it sounds in the OP.

A United Airlines flight from Beijing to San Francisco aborted its takeoff Monday due to an engine issue, the airline said.

United Flight 889, a Boeing 777-200, was getting ready to take off but still on the ground when one of the engines lost power, according to the airline. The pilots safely brought the aircraft to a stop, and passengers deplaned on the runway.

The plane was carrying 229 passengers, the airline said. No one was injured.

The airline said it arranged hotel rooms for the passengers and was scheduling a new flight on Tuesday to complete the journey.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/sfo-bound-united-flight-aborts-takeoff/3878242/

A high-speed aborted takeoff is likely to result in some blown tires or overheated brakes.

[PJMcK]

11. Exactly

That model of airplane has a maximum take-off weight of 545,000 lbs. going roughly 120-180 mph at VR or the rotation of the nose upwards. That's a lot of mass going really fast! Something is going to break if they try to stop as they run out of runway.

[Renew Deal]

4. Good that it happened while on the ground

And that everyone and the plane were saved

[Ocelot II]

6. Even if it had happened after takeoff they'd have been OK.

Pilots train for engine failures before and after takeoff all the time - there's a specific procedure for these events and it's part of their annual check ride. An airplane can climb and keep flying on one engine. They'd have performed the engine failure procedure, returned to the airport and landed safely.

[Renew Deal]

7. Do you think it's better or worse that it happened on the ground?

[Ocelot II]

8. It's always better for things to happen on the ground.

But an engine failure after takeoff isn't the catastrophic event it might seem to be.

[malaise]

5. Damn

Rec

[k_buddy762]

9. Foreign material injestion

and/or hit something on the runway

[WarGamer]

10. Just a note to flying DU'ers...

As a multi million mile flier... avoid 777-200 flights.

Fly on 777-300's instead.

Always pay attention to which equipment you're booking.

[BannonsLiver]

12. lol

Humble brag alert.

[WarGamer]

13. giving good advice to my friends... and readers of posts.

[sakabatou]

14. 27 years-old? Aren't most planes retired around this time?

[Ocelot II]

15. Not necessarily. If an airplane is well-maintained it can last a very long time.

The reasons airlines retire airplanes usually have to do with factors like fuel efficiency and/or the need for new technology. The old DC-9/MD-80 series, for example, are no longer used because their engines are less efficient and because it would cost too much to install new navigation equipment. Northwest/Delta Airlines flew them for almost 40 years. The airframes were almost indestructible, but feeding them had become too expensive and the avionics were obsolete.