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2023-12-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Boeing 737 passenger jet is forced to make emergency landing after 'micro-explosions' cause both engines to catch fire during take-off

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [21 views ] Top

#1 Maintenance, bad fuel or just fatigue?

Russian plane bursts into flames after 'powerful explosion' minutes after takeoff

Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-08 11:00|| 2023-12-08 11:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Engines surging fuel on takeoff, and the brakes caught fire when landing.
I would say park that puppy until maintenance can fix everything.
(I realize aircraft parts are sanctioned. So 'sell' it to a 'Chinese' airline. They can get the parts.)

Posted by ed in texas 2023-12-09 09:45|| 2023-12-09 09:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Russian passengers pray and children scream in terror as plane suffers sudden depressurisation and oxygen masks drop in country's third flight horror in three days

Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-09 11:16|| 2023-12-09 11:16|| Front Page Top

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