An Air France superjumbo A380 en route from Paris to Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing in Canada when one of the plane’s four engines disintegrated mid-flight:
Air France flight from Paris to LA forced to land in Canada after "serious damage" to 1 of the plane's 4 engines. https://t.co/oJorEf7L8d pic.twitter.com/0LzDTuQr1T
— ABC News (@ABC) October 2, 2017
Engine failure halfway over the Atlantic Ocean #airfrance #airfrance66 #AF66 #birdstrike possibly pic.twitter.com/ETAFw2WIDR
— Miguel ?? (@theamadoor) September 30, 2017
Here’s a close up of the damaged engine:
Just got this pic from friend aboard the Air France CDG to LAX flight that suffered engine failure & landed safely in Canada. Terrifying. pic.twitter.com/nXk23Cengc
— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) September 30, 2017
Additional pictures of #AF66 that suffered an uncontained engine failure, pax reported lot of vibration (pics: @AlexBeaurepaire @theamadoor) pic.twitter.com/qBH7yAEZEW
— Flight-Report (@flight_report) September 30, 2017
An amatuer photographer captured the plane landing in Canada:
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Passengers were reportedly stuck on board the aircraft for hours until new planes could land and board them for the rest of the journey:
https://twitter.com/DanMcneely/status/914259067358662661
https://twitter.com/DanMcneely/status/914313713758474241
https://twitter.com/DanMcneely/status/914314712594173952
https://twitter.com/DanMcneely/status/914387329057460224
First and Business Class passengers made it to LAX … everyone else, it seems, had to go through Atlanta:
https://twitter.com/DanMcneely/status/914522352825831427
Sheesh. If Air France is going to almost kill you, you’d think a non-stop flight would be in order.
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