Recently, Malaysia Airlines reported that a Boeing 737-800 was forced to conduct an emergency landing at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India after one of its engines caught fire shortly after takeoff on Thursday.
An engine failure forced a Boeing 737-800 to make an emergency landing soon after takeoff, Malaysia Airlines revealed to the local media site Malay Mail. Only a few days have passed since departing CEO Dave Calhoun testified on Capitol Hill regarding continuing investigations into the planemaker’s quality control and commercial jet production issues.
Flight MH199, according to the Malaysian airline, was about to take off from Hyderabad, India’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport late on Thursday when one of the 737-800’s engines blew up due to an engine fault.
The plane’s captain had no choice but to head back to the airport.
On the passengers’ cellphones, footage of the engine failure was recorded and posted on X. It’s a terrifying video!
“Witness reports indicate that sparks were seen coming from one of two the engines on the Boeing 738 aircraft,” Malay Mail said.
According to Malaysia Airlines, all of the passengers and crew made a safe landing back at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. Flight monitoring services like Flightradar24 also attested to the aircraft’s safe landing.
“Affected passengers will be reallocated to other flights for their continued journey. The aircraft is currently on the ground for further inspection,” the airline wrote in a statement.
We wonder if CEO Calhoun saw the news headlines about today’s occurrence from his aide.
The public’s confidence in Boeing is steadily declining due to the frequent mid-air incidents involving their aircraft and the ongoing inquiries into these aircraft.
Recently, GreatGameIndia reported that according to the Federal Aviation Administration’s notification, 300 Boeing 777s used by United and American Airlines are at risk of exploding fuel tanks.
