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Passengers on Houston to New York United Airlines flight evacuated after plane catches fire on runway
nypost.com ^ | February 2, 2025 | Isabel Keane

Posted on 02/02/2025 9:39:58 AM PST by lowbridge

United Airlines flight from Houston to New York had to be evacuated Sunday morning after the airplane caught on fire during takeoff.

Terrified passengers could be heard panicking in footage obtained by Fox 26. Flames burst out of one of the airplane’s wings as the aircraft began to roll forward for take off.

United Airlines Flight 1382, an Airbus A320, aborted its takeoff from the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, due to a “reported engine issue” just after 8:30 a.m., the FAA said in a statement.

Passengers fled to the runway and were taken by the terminal by bus, the FAA added.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dei; united; unitesairlines
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1 posted on 02/02/2025 9:39:58 AM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Geez.


2 posted on 02/02/2025 9:40:57 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (DemonRAT "Senators" use their incontinence in attempt of bring down Trump nominees.)
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To: lowbridge

More DEI problems, most likely in ground maintenance. Luckily this one didn’t kill anyone.

How do I know it’s DEI? Easy, unless they prove otherwise, then it’s DEI causing the problem. It’s time to stop giving companies (and the government) a free ride on DEI...make them PROVE otherwise.


3 posted on 02/02/2025 9:42:48 AM PST by BobL
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To: lowbridge

Boeing relieved it wasn’t one of their planes.


4 posted on 02/02/2025 9:42:59 AM PST by GMMC0987
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To: GMMC0987
Boeing relieved it wasn’t one of their planes.

Then I have nothing to add to this thread.

5 posted on 02/02/2025 9:43:40 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: lowbridge

Thankfully no one died this time.


6 posted on 02/02/2025 9:45:00 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: lowbridge

And there we go with another one...


7 posted on 02/02/2025 9:45:32 AM PST by EBH (America Blackmailed, The True Story of the World War...Coming Soon (1/21-))
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To: lowbridge

I know someone in Houston. I hope her hair caught on fire.


8 posted on 02/02/2025 9:47:49 AM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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9 posted on 02/02/2025 9:47:51 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=40%>)
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To: All

Video of the Pennsylvania crash shows a fire before the impact.


10 posted on 02/02/2025 9:50:24 AM PST by Owen
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To: GMMC0987

Yes. The Power plant manufacturer is CFM.


11 posted on 02/02/2025 9:54:33 AM PST by vaskypilot
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To: lowbridge

One is an incident, two is a coincidence, three is a?


12 posted on 02/02/2025 9:55:03 AM PST by nwrep
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To: lowbridge

Wonder if debris got sucked in and caused it, or if it was poor maintenance practices, or both.


13 posted on 02/02/2025 9:55:37 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: lowbridge

To any historians on the forum: did failure to maintain roads and ports precede the fall of Rome?


14 posted on 02/02/2025 9:56:22 AM PST by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
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To: BobL

Well said.


15 posted on 02/02/2025 9:56:53 AM PST by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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To: lowbridge

flying is still safer than driving, BUT, for how much longer?


16 posted on 02/02/2025 10:01:39 AM PST by Bob434 (TTERIES IN THE FIRST ROOM)
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To: BobL

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Is a logical fallacy that occurs when someone assumes that one event caused another simply because the first event happened before the second.


17 posted on 02/02/2025 10:03:21 AM PST by chuck allen
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To: lowbridge

It usually happens in three’s and this is the third. I could be wrong though.


18 posted on 02/02/2025 10:04:38 AM PST by Rappini ("No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in it's preservation" MacArthr)
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To: I-ambush
I'm not a historian, but I like to dig and read.

Yes, the failure to maintain roads and ports was one of many contributing factors to the fall of Rome. The Roman Empire relied heavily on its infrastructure for military movement, trade, and communication. As the empire declined, economic troubles, corruption, and resource depletion led to neglect of roads, bridges, and ports.

The failure to maintain roads and ports was primarily an effect of Rome’s decline, but it also exacerbated the collapse, creating a feedback loop. It wasn't the root cause, but it was both a symptom and an accelerant of the empire's downfall.

Gibbon’s Decline and Fall touches on the neglect of infrastructure, but he does not frame it as a primary cause.

19 posted on 02/02/2025 10:07:09 AM PST by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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To: monkeyshine

Maybe someone was lying in their pants caught on fire.


20 posted on 02/02/2025 10:10:53 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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