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Before everybody starts jumping on Boeing, the picture appears to show birds all over....I would suspect this is a bird strike......however, having said that, it wouldn't make that ride such any less.
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1 posted on
08/19/2025 6:42:32 AM PDT by
V_TWIN
To: V_TWIN
Article says the engine caught fire at 36,000’.
No birds up there?
To: V_TWIN
Airflow Disruption = Brown Alert
Wonder if they ever change the seats in those things.
3 posted on
08/19/2025 6:47:07 AM PDT by
Vaduz
To: V_TWIN
Not many birds at 36,000 ft. Vultures maybe?
4 posted on
08/19/2025 6:48:34 AM PDT by
READINABLUESTATE
(‘Never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals’)
To: V_TWIN
Kind of a non-story: the plane malfunctioned, it landed, and nobody was injured. The End
5 posted on
08/19/2025 6:49:54 AM PDT by
dinodino
( Shut it down anyway. )
To: V_TWIN
Before everybody starts jumping on Boeing, the picture appears to show birds all over....I would suspect this is a bird strike
The article says it happened at 36,000 ft; videos and photos showing the birds are from its approach to make the emergency landing. Kinda doubting bird strike.
But also, yeah. Boeing isn't an engine manufacturer. And the airframe in question is over 25 years old. Probably a maintenance issue.
From the vague / poorly tranlsated descriptions in the article, plus the video, it looks like a compressor stall. Very loud, lots of visible flames, but those flames are fuel burning behind the engine in free air, i.e. the engine itself is not on fire and probably never was. Still might have been a pants-changing situation for some passengers though...
6 posted on
08/19/2025 6:49:54 AM PDT by
verum ago
(I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
To: V_TWIN
Not too many birds at 36,000 feet.................
8 posted on
08/19/2025 6:58:11 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: V_TWIN
DEI.....DEI.......DEI.......DEI forget SOS.
To: V_TWIN
I’ve always heard that a plane can function with one engine. It may be a little bumpy, but they can safely land if one goes out.
14 posted on
08/19/2025 7:15:04 AM PDT by
Opinionated Blowhard
(When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
To: V_TWIN
shortly after takeoff ... at an altitude of approximately 36,000 feet Damn! I didn't know a Boeing 757 could climb like an F-15.
16 posted on
08/19/2025 7:26:22 AM PDT by
libertylover
(The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
To: V_TWIN
What a horrible thing to experience.
20 posted on
08/19/2025 7:51:12 AM PDT by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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? )
To: V_TWIN
If the engine was the problem why mention the plane’s manufacturer?
To: V_TWIN
Yeah, lots of birds up at 36,000 feet!
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