Air travel is stressful enough
when everything goes according to plan — now imagine being on a plane
and having one of the aircraft’s engines burst into flames shortly after
takeoff. That’s exactly what happened to an airliner full of passengers
in Perth, Australia headed for Barrow Island earlier this week.
The West Australian
reports that the Cobham Aviation plane had just taken off with 90
passengers when an engine on the left wing burst into flames. The image
above was captured by a passer-by on the ground, but one passenger
aboard the flight — Brad McCoy — actually used his smartphone to capture
terrifying video footage from within the plane’s cabin.
Following
the catastrophic engine failure, the plane reversed course and landed
safely back at the Perth airport. No injuries were reported.McCoy’s footage of the flaming engine is embedded below.
The
report also notes that this was the second aircraft these 90
passengers had been on that day — the first was delayed due to technical
problems.
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