BURSTING into flames seconds after takeoff - British Airways 268

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February 20th, 2005

Seconds after taking off from Los Angeles, a fire erupts in the engine of a British Airways Boeing 747 carrying over 350 passengers. But incredibly, the pilots don’t return to the airport. Instead, they decide to continue their journey to London - a decision which would soon lead to more problems. This is the controversial story of British Airways flight 268.

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[ChaosMagnet]

It still kind of amazes me that machines as huge and heavy as modern commercial aircraft ever manage to get off the ground at all!

[paulgerard]

The ironic thing is that the 300k fuel dump was dwarfed by the extensive engine damage suffered by a windmilling RB211-524G for over 11 hours with minimal oil pressure. All bearings needed replacement and there was deep scoring to both the IP and HP shafts. There’s a reason Qantas removed the fan blades and puts a nose cone on the RB211 when transporting on the 5th pylon.

[ZaneNixon-ht]

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[dh]

Scheduling a stop over somewhere on the East Coast is what my gut feeling was telling me at the beginning of this video.
Making a stop in ~Boston would have allowed for a bunch of diversions in case of an acute emergency, minimized the amount of fuel needing to be dumped and would have allowed for the airline to make further plans while also bringing the passengers closer to their destination.

[jeebusk]

The idea that you can safely just continue after an engine failure is kinda badass.

[Victoriousaustrohungary]

I was on the British Airways flight 268. I was so scared when the captain informed us. I was heading back to Germany from holiday in Los Angeles.

Edit: I really was on this plane so please stop doubting my experience. Btw there is no problem with going on holiday to Los Angeles.

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[nakoma]

Phew, it's relieving and a fresh change that the stricken plane landed safely and with relatively little drama for once.

[TraceUK]

I’ve witnessed an engine surge on a 757 (29th April 2007 at MAN) as I was in the terminal when it happened and I cannot explain quite how LOUD it is! It sounded like the world was ending. Those passengers on the 747 in this video must’ve been utterly terrified

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