Incident: AeroUnion B762 at Los Angeles on
Dec 5th 2017, streak of flame and heavy smoke from engine
An AeroUnion Boeing 767-200 freighter, registration XA-LRC
performing freight flight 6R-301 from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Guadalajara
(Mexico) with 2 crew, was in the initial climb out of Los Angeles' runway 25R
when a crew about to taxi into position onto runway 25R called out "engine
on fire", tower immediately followed advising AeroUnion of smoke coming
from their right hand engine (CF6). The crew advised they would continue on
runway heading, tower offered a right turn onto runways 06 or 07 on pilots
discretion, the crew decided to stop climb at 1500 feet and return to runway
25L. The aircraft joined a right downwind for 25L, tower instructed one
aircraft on final for 25L to go around and another one to immediately change
to approach frequency again. The 767-200 landed safely on runway 25L about 8
minutes after departure, emergency equipment checked the aircraft and
reported pretty heavy smoke from the engine, the crew advised they had
already discharged one bottle of fire agent.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Los Angeles about 24 hours after landing back. The FAA reported the crew reported an overheating engine #2 and returned to Los Angeles. The FAA is looking into the cause, there is no indication of a bird strike. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/XALRC/history/20171205/2000Z/KLAX/MMGL XA-LRC in initial climb (Photo: Eddie Heisterkamp): |
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