BA 777 on fire at McCarran Las Vegas

[Martin Buzzell]

Originally Posted by MarkR

seems to indicate no ground damage, I suspect the fire was fed by fuel from a damaged line after the engine tore itself apart.

Yes, I did have a laugh at the article and the "Aviation Expert." The engine certainly spat the dummy big time. Hopefully we get to see some more photos of what actually let go and what damage it did.

Buzz

[Rowan McKeever]

Slightly more detailed photos here:

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=48c10434&opt=0

R3 slide looks to have blown under the fuselage at some point?

[Philip Argy]

The NTSB has issued this update

Sept. 10, 2015
As part of its ongoing investigation into Tuesday’s engine fire that occurred during takeoff of British Airways flight 2276, a Boeing 777, at McCarran International Airport (LAS), the NTSB today released the following investigative update.
NTSB investigators arrived on scene Wednesday morning local time to begin the on-scene investigation. The NTSB investigative team includes experts in powerplants, airplane systems, and fire. The following groups will be organized: powerplants, airworthiness (airplane structure, systems, and fire), flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder.
Parties to the NTSB investigation are the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), The Boeing Company, and GE Aviation. In accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 13, the UK Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB), as the State of the Operator, has appointed an accredited representative to assist the investigation. The UK accredited representative has initially appointed British Airways and the UK Civil Aviation Authority as technical advisors.
The following are the initial factual findings:
• British Airways flight 2276, a Boeing 777-200ER, equipped with two GE90-85B engines, registration G-VIIO, was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 129 and was enroute to London - Gatwick Airport (LGW), Horley, England.
• There were 157 passengers, including 1 lap child, and 13 crew members on board. There were several minor injuries as a result of the evacuation (mostly abrasions).
• The flight data recorder, cockpit voice recorder and quick access recorder have arrived at the NTSB Vehicle Recorder Laboratory and are currently being downloaded.
• On Tuesday evening, the airplane was photographed and the runway debris documented by FAA and airport officials before airplane was towed to secluded area of the airport (in order to reopen the runway).
• Initial examination of the left engine revealed multiple breaches of the engine case in the area around the high pressure compressor.
• Examination of the material recovered from runway found several pieces of the high pressure compressor spool (approximately 7-8 inches in length).
• Initial examination of the airplane by NTSB revealed that the left engine and pylon, left fuselage structure and inboard left wing airplane were substantially damaged by the fire. This damage will be documented over the next several days.
The powerplants and airworthiness groups will continue documenting the airplane and engine over the next several days. It is anticipate that once the tooling is in place, the left engine will be removed and shipped to a facility to conduct a full teardown.

[Grahame Hutchison]

The Captain of the BA B777 had only one other flight planned before his retirement, but he thinks he'll skip it and stop flying now.

[Justin L]

In case anyone's interested, this Seattle Times article outlines the confirmation of the origin of the recent Las Vegas BA B777 engine failure.

FYI, the said BA B777 is still at LAS.

[Justin L]

Bit of an update...

The BA 777 whose engine caught fire as LAS in September will be repaired and will fly again.

Story here.

[Justin L]

For anyone who is still following this and is interested:

Work nearly done on British Airways jet that caught fire in aborted Las Vegas takeoff

[MarkR]

Now off to get a paint job:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/B...700Z/KLAS/KVCV

[Justin L]

Thanks Mark. Actually saw a BA 777 taxiing just before 1.30pm Friday as I was heading to a meeting. That was the one!

Photo of the take off in this article.

Jet that caught fire on McCarran runway has left Las Vegas