United 757 evacuates via
slides after apparent engine fire
24 MAY, 2017 - SOURCE:
FLIGHTGLOBAL PRO - BY: MAVIS TOH - SINGAPORE
The crew of a United Airlines Boeing
757-200 evacuated passengers via emergency slides at Newark airport
on 23 May, after it was alerted to flames on one of its engines.
The aircraft was operating
flight 1579 from Newark to San Francisco when the
incident happened.
The airline says that during
taxiing, the tower notified the crew of "what appeared to be flames from
one of its engines." At the time of this story, the airline only has a
single report of a minor injury.
Newark airport says it is temporarily
closed "due to deployment of emergency chutes on a plane with an apparent
engine fire".
Flight tracking sites list the
aircraft as a 757 registered N518UA. Flight Fleets Analyzer shows that the
1990-vintage aircraft is powered by Pratt & Whitney PW2037 engines. The airline is
owned by United.
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