Air France A380 Engine Fails

[VentureGo]

Air France plane engine fails over Atlantic -Saturday 30th September

Air France plane engine fails over Atlantic - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41454712)
From BBC news feed today. Quite alarming for passengers, but luckily landed safely in Goose Bay

Air France passengers describe mid-air terror as engine disintegrates over Atlantic (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/30/passengers-describe-seeing-fireball-engine-air-france-flight/)
Telegraph article with videos and comment - Interesting comment re. Rolls Royce engines (as Qantas engine fan blade failure) Lazy Reporting? Air France surely has Engine Alliance fitted to their A380s

[Planespeaking]

I hope it didn't divert to Goose Green! Goose Bay perhaps.

[SWBKCB]

Being covered in R&N

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/600170-af66-cdg-lax-diverts-uncontained-engine-failure-over-atlantic.html

[VentureGo]

I hope it didn't divert to Goose Green! Goose Bay perhaps.

Well Spotted! - Now corrected and further link added. - Thanks

[Planespeaking]

Well Spotted! - Now corrected and further link added. - Thanks

My pleasure and all safe, that's the main thing.

[mikkie4]

at least it wasn't a ROLLS ROYCE engine that failed