A video released to the media shows bright flames bursting out of the aircraft’s left engine as it is flying in the night skies above Johannesburg. The engine caught fire shortly after an Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-200 took off from the O.R. Tambo International Airport, near Johannesburg, on Sunday night. The pilots quickly requested an emergency landing. But the flames were “manually extinguished” mid-air, the spokesperson for the Airport Companies South Africa said, so no emergency landing was needed. After circling around the airport, the plane made it safely to Harare, the capital of neighboring Zimbabwe. “There was a tail pipe fire but that did not compromise the safety of the flight,” the airline told local media after the incident. Officials of the airline said the plane had hit birds after takeoff in mid-air. The bird strike caused fire in the jet’s engine unsettling some passengers. We were all visibly shaken as loud blowing sounds and sparks came from the affected engine on impact, but the pilot Captain Chiwara and his crew were true professionals a passenger said.
“Air Zimbabwe wishes to inform the public that their Boeing 767-200ER servicing flight UM462 (JNB/HRE) on 28 April 2019 experienced a malfunction on one of its engines resulting in a brief tail pipe fire.
“However, the malfunction did not threaten the continuation of the flight and safety of the crew and passengers on board and it landed safely in Harare at 2035hrs,” the company said in the statement.
Bird strikes occur during take-off and landing and can pose a significant risk to aviation.
Aircraft Information
Airline: Zimbabwe
Code: UM AZW
Aircraft: B767-2NO
Registration: Z-WPF
Serial Number: 24867
Engines: 2 x PW - PW4056
First Flew: 27/09/1990
Age: 28 Yrs 6 Mts
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https://www.rt.com/news/457795-air-zimbabwe-boeing-incident/
Air Zimbabwe assures
In a statement, Air Zimbabwe said the incident did not threaten the safety of passengers and crew.“Air Zimbabwe wishes to inform the public that their Boeing 767-200ER servicing flight UM462 (JNB/HRE) on 28 April 2019 experienced a malfunction on one of its engines resulting in a brief tail pipe fire.
“However, the malfunction did not threaten the continuation of the flight and safety of the crew and passengers on board and it landed safely in Harare at 2035hrs,” the company said in the statement.
Bird strikes occur during take-off and landing and can pose a significant risk to aviation.
Aircraft Information
Airline: Zimbabwe
Code: UM AZW
Aircraft: B767-2NO
Registration: Z-WPF
Serial Number: 24867
Engines: 2 x PW - PW4056
First Flew: 27/09/1990
Age: 28 Yrs 6 Mts
Story sourced from here with additions
https://www.rt.com/news/457795-air-zimbabwe-boeing-incident/
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