Posted on 03/07/2024 7:22:08 AM PST by V_TWIN
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A United flight from Houston to Fort Myers had to turn around Monday when one of the plane's engines caught fire.
Several of the 167 passengers on board Flight 1118 took a video showing a line of flames shooting out of the engine.
"I remember there was just this bright, flashing light that came through the window, and it sounded like a bomb went off, and then it was just a strobe of fire out the window," David Gruninger, who was on the connecting flight home to Florida with 15 of his friends after attending a wedding in Mexico, said.
FlightAware data shows the Boeing 737 taking off from George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 6:40 p.m. It barely left the Houston area when it turned around at 6:52 p.m.
"The plane was nosediving, and the pilot was bringing the plane back up," passenger Elliot Trexler said. "The plane was also rocking back and forth a lot."
"And then it just turned into chaos. People were screaming and crying and trying to figure out what was going on," Gruninger said.
Radio transmissions from the plane shed some light on the issues it was having.
"It was our left engine, our number one engine, that was surging when we were climbing through about 10,000 (feet), and flight attendants saw momentary flames back there," a pilot can be heard saying.
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You are welcome. I saw a program a few years ago that suggested ducks could fly over Mt. Everest, so I did a double check before I posted..
Oh, now that’s not good.
I had a similar flight out of Houston in July 1973. The entire engine cooling system failed and they shut down all engines but one. We made it back to Houston but it was not a given.
It is fine if United planes catch on fire, because their workforce is very diverse.
https://crreport.united.com/people/inclusion-among-our-workforce
That might include their maintenance personnel, ya think?
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