Ubehagelig hendelse - California - Curt Lewis

 Incident: MAS Cargo B763 at Los Angeles on Jan 29th 2021, engine fire

A MAS Air Cargo Boeing 767-300 freighter, registration N363CM performing freight flight MA-6853 from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Mexico City (Mexico) with 2 crew and a cargo of dangerous goods, was climbing out of Los Angeles' runway 25R cleared to climb to 12,000 feet when the crew stopped the climb at 10,000 feet declareing emergency and reporting they were dealing with an engine failure (CF6) and needed to return to Los Angeles. They needed work checklists. The crew eventually decided to divert to Ontario,CA (USA) due to weather conditions advising they did have an engine fire indication for the right hand engine, but the fire indication had gone out. They had a load of batteries and dry ice on board. The aircraft landed on Ontario's runway 26L about 65 minutes after departure.

On Feb 1st 2021 the FAA reported: "AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FIRE AND DIVERTED TO ONT, ONTARIO, CA." and rated the occurrence an incident stating the aircraft received "unknown" damage.

On Feb 2nd 2021 the NTSB reported they have opened an investigation into the occurrence though their investigators did not travel to the site. The NTSB stated: "experienced a right (No. 2) engine fire during climb from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angles, California. A diversion to the Ontario International Airport (ONT), Ontario, California for an uneventful single engine landing was made."