Planes Catches Fire On Takeoff At O'Hare, Sending Up Huge Cloud Of Smoke
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The last two times I've flown they've asked me about batteries, flammable liquids, knives, and have now added Note 7s to the list.
This is being made into a much bigger deal than it is. The guy freaking out in the video is hilarious. You didn't almost die you moron.
I was at work today (Chicago Approach Control) when this happened and I have a friend who was working at O'Hare tower at the time.
So, the plane stopped after engine failure and since they weren't at V1 (decide to fly speed for the layman) they aborted takeoff. When an engine fails below V1 the pilots will pull the throttles back to reverse thrust and then apply full brakes. Us being car guys know that brakes generate a lot of heat and large aircraft brakes are no exception. When full brakes are applied, you typically have tires blow and then they catch on fire. The fire on the bottom is the tires burning.
The plane wasn't going to explode. The fuel tanks are fireproof so unless they rupture from debris the fuel wasn't going to start burning. It looks bad because 4 large tires plus the engine were on fire, lol
EDIT: Just talked to my buddy again. Apparently they got bad info at first. There was actually an engine failure, and tires blew on braking so both the tires and the engine were on fire. Still not a huge deal. 767s along with all twin engine airliners can fly on a single engine for hours. Post edited for correction.
I was at work today (Chicago Approach Control) when this happened and I have a friend who was working at O'Hare tower at the time.
So, the plane stopped after engine failure and since they weren't at V1 (decide to fly speed for the layman) they aborted takeoff. When an engine fails below V1 the pilots will pull the throttles back to reverse thrust and then apply full brakes. Us being car guys know that brakes generate a lot of heat and large aircraft brakes are no exception. When full brakes are applied, you typically have tires blow and then they catch on fire. The fire on the bottom is the tires burning.
The plane wasn't going to explode. The fuel tanks are fireproof so unless they rupture from debris the fuel wasn't going to start burning. It looks bad because 4 large tires plus the engine were on fire, lol
EDIT: Just talked to my buddy again. Apparently they got bad info at first. There was actually an engine failure, and tires blew on braking so both the tires and the engine were on fire. Still not a huge deal. 767s along with all twin engine airliners can fly on a single engine for hours. Post edited for correction.
Not that big of a deal when you have 4 large tires on each main gear. Landing also affords you the whole runway length to stop.
Edited my post. Apparently the engine did have a problem but the tires were on fire because of the braking.
I thought I saw a picture where the right wing appeared to have melted and was drooping and touching the ground. Assuming that picture was accurate, that would not have happened in the air, right? I assume the air rushing by the engine wouldn't really allow for the fire to concentrate on the wing like it would on the ground.
Yes, wouldn't have happened like that in the air. They can stop fuel flow to that engine to put fire out in air typically. Since they were on ground it just kept burning.
Good christ the guy the camera... :gtfo2:
I realize things are scary but holy shit, sack up and stay calm. The frenzy is why people get hurt and killed, common sense and all else goes right out the window. (yes I know, easy for me to say as someone that does fly quite a bit).
The biggest problem is all of the idiots who try to pull their bags out of the overhead bins. GET OFF THE FUCKING PLANE YOU MORONS.
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