Another jet plane incident. Visible fire after take off in Miami

I wonder what made the reported "hole" in the skin just above the engine ? A bird ? punching through the aluminum ?
 
GE engine? Very unusual. I flew Boeing aircraft for almost my whole 33 years in aviation. It’s hard to believe that they have had so many incidents lately. If I didn’t know better, I would think some sabotage was going on.

I had a few incidents over my career, but nothing like what has been happening lately. I think the worst incident I experienced was when my flaps and slats wouldn’t function properly. It turned out to be faulty circuit breakers that weren’t properly connected after the system had been replaced after one of the circuit breakers wouldn’t stay on, the mechanics decided to replace the whole terminal box.

They worked at first, but during our first landing after the repair, the flaps wouldn’t extend.
 
BTW, Boeing no longer makes the 747. I flew them (747-4 and 747-8) for 2 years from Chicago to Hawaii. Beautiful plane with lots of goodies onboard. The 747 is still in service, but most of them are used for cargo. Some of the foreign countries still use them for flying passengers.
 
jujube said:
Wow! I saw the video....that thing was putting out some impressive flames. I can't imagine what it must have been like being ON the plane and seeing that out the window.
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It was not a passenger aircraft, it was a cargo aircraft, with just the cockpit crew on board. JimB.
 
Lewkat said:
The fleets are getting old. Newer technology in metals needed.
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If you ever have the opportunity to get inside the cockpit of the Boeing 787, you'll notice more carbon and some plastic being used. The reason airplane manufacturers don't like using plastic is that although plastic is durable, it's also unpredictable when it comes to wear and tear. I've already had switch buttons or knobs break off in my hand while flipping it on or off.

I mainly flew the Boeing 757 and 767. They both have aluminum composite bodies. Lightweight and strong materials is what airplane manufacturers like to use to build their aircrafts with. Any material that is strong and resilient and yet still be lightweight to save fuel is the best material for construction use.

I usually flew the first flight of the day because I flew coast to coast or at least 5 hour trips. I did my walk around before takeoff; most times using just a flashlight, but I would look at every rivet and screw I could find. Even if that plane flew 6 flights that day and I was going to fly a red eye flight, I still did a walk around. Safety was priority number one with me. I wanted to live just as much as every passenger, so I never took any kind of a chance. I learned early in flight school it's better to be 10 minutes late arriving than ending up being a crash site. You would be surprised at some of the things I would find that required maintenance before takeoff.

There are things I liked about the Airbus better than Boeing and even though Boeing has been having some problems the last few years, they still make a pretty good plane. I used to enjoy flying the B-767 with Rolls Royce engines. They were few and far between. Just to hear the RR engines spool up was a pleasure.

Hear it for yourself. When they spool up, there's no doubt about it. That's a Rolls Royce engine. You don't even have to look for their RR logo.
RR Engine
 
My Buddy Flew Pacific Ocean his whole career. Started flying injured out of Vietnam mostly to Japan, Guam or home.
Then flew Atlanta to Japan the rest of it. 2 Crews he Captain international. Not one major fail. Bird strikes nada.
His Joke was never get out of a plane on Wake Island. ..... :ROFLMAO:
 

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