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Air Canada 767 diverted in lightening storm after flames seen coming from engine
Flight 860, bound for London, England, couldn't return to Halifax Stanfield International Airport. "There was a loud bang and flames came out of an engine". She said about 10 minutes later, the captain announced they were diverting to Montreal. Passengers were told the plane was not hit by lightning, she said. (www.cbc.ca) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I don't know about Air Canada customers... after hearing the trip would be twice as long on one engine, the lady in 42L said, "if we lose the other engine we'll be up here all day"! ba-dum-cha
Good thing it was a Boeing instead of an Airbus.....
You must mean "lightning" storm.
Another boost for "privatizing" maintenence crews.
Hail that is large enough can and has caused engine failure though very rare. Most famous accident is Southern DC-9 many decades ago.
I don't think hail would damage an engine, engines are engineered to withstand very tough flight conditions!