[محمد احمد عسيري]

قال متحدث باسم مطار سنغالي، إن طائرة تابعة للخطوط الجوية الإثيوبية هبطت اضطراريا بعد دقائق من إقلاعها، امس الثلاثاء، بسبب اشتعال النيران بأحد محركاتها، مضيفا أنه لم يصب أحد في الحادث.

وأكدت الشركة في حسابها على "تويتر"، أن طائرتها اضطرت للهبوط بشكل طارئ في مطار بليز ديان الدولي قرب العاصمة دكار بسبب "مشكلة فنية" دون أن تقدم تفاصيل أخرى.

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Incident: Ethiopian B763 at Dakar on Oct 8th 2019, uncontained engine failure and fire


An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration ET-AMG performing flight ET-908 from Dakar Blaise Diagne (Senegal) to Bamako (Mali) with 90 people on board, was in the initial climb out of Blaise Diagne International Airport's runway 19 when the right hand engine (PW4062) failed and caught fire prompting the crew to stop the climb at about 2500 feet and return to Dakar for a safe landing on runway 19 about 8 minutes after departure, the aircraft vacated the runway. Emergency services put the fire out, the passengers subsequently disembarked normally via stairs at the left hand doors.

The airport reported the engine caught fire on climb out.

The airline reported the aircraft suffered a mechanical problem.

A passenger reported immediately after the aircraft became airborne there was a loud noise, the air conditioning outlets began to emit smoke.


The engine outboard side seen after landing:

Scene seen from the fire station:

Map (Graphics: AVH/Google Earth):

https://avherald.com/h?article=4cdc777b&opt=0

https://www.alyaum.com/articles/6215...BA%D8%A7%D9%84

https://avherald.com/h?article=4cdc777b&opt=0