Engine failures - Curt Lewis

Incident: Easyjet A320 at Ibiza on Sep 3rd 2017, engine shut down in flight An Easyjet Airbus A320-200, registration G-EZTL performing flight U2-8650 from Ibiza,SP (Spain) to London Gatwick,EN (UK), was in the initial climb out of Ibiza's runway 24 when the crew stopped the climb at FL080 due to an engine (CFM56) failure and shut the engine down. The aircraft returned to Ibiza, entered a hold at 3000 feet and landed safely back on runway 24 about 20 minutes after departure.

Incident: British Airways B744 at Chicago on Sep 3rd 2017, engine failure A British Airways Boeing 747-400, registration G-BNLY performing flight BA-294 from Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was climbing out of Chicago's runway 28R when the left inboard engine (RB211) emitted a series of bangs prompting the crew to stop the climb at 15,000 feet and return to Chicago reporting a #2 engine exceedance, the engine was experiencing vibrations. The aircraft entered a hold over Lake Michigan and landed safely back on O'Hare's runway 28C about 2 hours after departure. A ground observer reported there were about 5 to 7 loud bangs that caused a lot of people on the ground to look up, streaks of flame could be seen from the inboard left engine. According to information The Aviation Herald received the engine suffered a number of surges. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 19 hours after landing back.