From Toronto Star:
(Full article at http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...acodalogin=yes)
The following is a summary:
An Air Canada Airbus A320 bound for Vancouver last night had its right engine blew up when the aircraft was accelerating on the runway. The pilot aborted the take off and left skid marks about 100 metres long on the runway. A passenger said the captain told him later that the runway was spewed with engine parts after something disintegrated in the right engine. The plane was almost at take off speed and is halfway on the runway when the engine lost power.
The passenger said the aircraft seemed to lose speed and the pilot immediately deployed the flaps and started braking.
"The flaps went straight up and we roared to a stop," he said. "The pilot came on the intercom and apologized and announced they had lost an engine on takeoff.
The flight AC139 was from Halifax to Vancouver via Ottawa.
(Full article at http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...acodalogin=yes)
The following is a summary:
An Air Canada Airbus A320 bound for Vancouver last night had its right engine blew up when the aircraft was accelerating on the runway. The pilot aborted the take off and left skid marks about 100 metres long on the runway. A passenger said the captain told him later that the runway was spewed with engine parts after something disintegrated in the right engine. The plane was almost at take off speed and is halfway on the runway when the engine lost power.
The passenger said the aircraft seemed to lose speed and the pilot immediately deployed the flaps and started braking.
"The flaps went straight up and we roared to a stop," he said. "The pilot came on the intercom and apologized and announced they had lost an engine on takeoff.
The flight AC139 was from Halifax to Vancouver via Ottawa.
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