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Boeing plane makes emergency landing after engine bursts into flames: ‘I already sent goodbye texts’
nypost.com ^ | Aug. 19, 2025 | Nika Shakhnazarova

Posted on 08/19/2025 6:42:32 AM PDT by V_TWIN

A Condor Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Italy after the plane’s engine burst into flames shortly after takeoff — prompting one terrified passenger to send out “goodbye texts” to loved ones.

The Boeing 757 carrying 273 passengers and eight crew members from Corfu, Greece, to Düsseldorf, Germany, experienced a turbine airflow disruption at an altitude of approximately 36,000 feet during the flight Saturday, per WDR.

Terrified passengers aboard Flight DE 3665 began to notice flames spitting from the right wing of the plane just after 8 p.m. local time, Bild reported.

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To: metmom

The phrase “pucker factor” comes to mind.


21 posted on 08/19/2025 7:52:55 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

22 posted on 08/19/2025 7:57:57 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dagunk
Impressive as hell at night (grin).

I won’t lie, I’m a little jealous (assuming you were at an eyebrow-retaining safe distance!)
23 posted on 08/19/2025 8:04:26 AM PDT by verum ago (I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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To: V_TWIN

This is only a news story because one terrified passenger sent goodbye texts and was subsequently embarrassed because he or she didn’t die.


24 posted on 08/19/2025 8:09:39 AM PDT by webheart (Notice how I said all of that without any hyphens, and only complete words? )
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To: V_TWIN

If the engine was the problem why mention the plane’s manufacturer?


25 posted on 08/19/2025 8:15:44 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: dinodino
Kind of a non-story: the plane malfunctioned, it landed, and nobody was injured. The End

But, they gotta get Boeing in the headline somehow.

26 posted on 08/19/2025 8:18:05 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: dinodino

Um....I dunno ... a 757 engine burning, in midair IS a story.

Every picture tells a story ... even the one of this engine bursting into flames.


27 posted on 08/19/2025 8:20:37 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: dinodino
Kind of a non-story: the plane malfunctioned, it landed, and nobody was injured. The End

This was an emergency that is more common than most are aware. I know of no aircraft that has crashed due to compressor stall perhaps I am wrong on this. I find it odd it occurred at cruse altitude. The flight recorder will tell us what happened.

28 posted on 08/19/2025 8:21:34 AM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, MAGA)
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To: 1FreeAmerican
Those pictures and are inconsistent with 36,000 ft. They are below the cloud deck.

It is also inconceivable that the engine would be kept running until attaining a lower altitude.

29 posted on 08/19/2025 8:23:58 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: dinodino

“ Kind of a non-story: the plane malfunctioned, it landed, and nobody was injured. The End”

Cmon man.
People want to scream, shout, and run around flailing their arms in the air .
Your logic just ruins the fun.


30 posted on 08/19/2025 8:25:13 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (“I don’t really care, Margaret.”)
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To: dagunk

Video at the NYPost site shows the engine fire pulsing. Your thoughts on that as a professional?


31 posted on 08/19/2025 8:26:25 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: V_TWIN

Yeah, lots of birds up at 36,000 feet!


32 posted on 08/19/2025 8:36:09 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: NorthMountain

Looks like compressor stalls.

Why the pilot didn’t kill the engine is a good question. Those things will fly on one engine.


33 posted on 08/19/2025 7:30:37 PM PDT by dagunk
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To: verum ago

Impressive as hell at night (grin).

I won’t lie, I’m a little jealous (assuming you were at an eyebrow-retaining safe distance!)

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Oh Yeah. You stand off to the side in case the plane jumps the chocks. The engine is run up to takeoff thrust then the throttle gets pulled back to see if it stalls.


34 posted on 08/19/2025 7:37:23 PM PDT by dagunk
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