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Old 23rd Oct 2012, 15:11
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Flying Bean
 
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Emirates Blows an engine out of Lusaka

Just happened to be in Lusaka for the day and saw a wounded A330-200 on the apron.
Picked up a local paper and after cutting out 10 paragraphs of the screaming passengers, engine in flames and "I thought I was going to die" reportage it appears the 'facts ' are:-
EK 714 outbound from Lusaka to Dubai 2300 Sunday Night.
Reached cruising altitude 34000 ft. 64 nm & 30 mins after take off there was a loud bang and the aircraft shook.
The aircarft returned to Lusaka and made a normal landing and taxied to the apron.
It appears three blades snapped off and blew a hole in the nacelle (port side).
An engine fire was contained by the engine fire extinguishers.
Rolls Royce and EK engineers are on the scene.
Well done crew. Ops Normal
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