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Dynamic Airways 767 catches fire at FLL (Miami, Ft. Lauderdale)
Dynamic Airways plane catches on fire at FLL
FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Fla. (WSVN) -- A Dynamic Airways plane caught on fire on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Thursday. The Boeing 767 passenger jet appears to have been taxiing when the left engine caught fire. The aircraft carries between 180 and 290 passengers. "I'm told one of the engines caught fire as the plane was taxiing, getting ready for departure. I don't know the number of people on board, and I don't know the condition of the people, but I was told the fire was put out by a fire rescue team on sight," said FLL spokesperson Greg Meyer. |
ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 767-269ER N251MY Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL)
A Boeing 767-269ER operated by Dynamic Airways sustained damage in a fire accident at Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL). Photos from the scene suggest the fire started in the area of the no. 1 engine. The fire was quickly contained by fire services and the aircraft was evacuated. Unconfirmed reports say the aircraft was taxiing for departure to Caracas, Venezuela http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/...6138517330.jpg |
more videos here, second one down shows it well underway black smoke billowing up
Dynamic Airways Flight Catches Fire At Fort Lauderdale Airport, Passengers Evacuated By Emergency Slides |
FLL closed that runway as of now. Pilot taxing behind the Dynamic 767 reported a massive Oil Leak. By the photos from other places looks like uncontained engine failure...
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...01&oe=56CA5072 |
JT9D-7R4 engines, delivered March 1986.
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Dynamic Airways?
Who are the principle owners of Dynamic Airways?
The aircraft has a somewhat checkered past but I suppose that's not unusual given it's age. https://www.planespotters.net/airfra...ynamic-Airways |
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Who are the principle owners of Dynamic Airways? Ken Woolley, founder of Extra Space (self-storage company) and part owner of Swift Aviation, LLC in Phoenix. Between them they own 80% of Dynamic Airways. Their CEO is Gregg Lukenbill, the former owner of the Sacramento Kings NBA team. He turned the King's single charter airplane into an airline (Sky King) which flew NHL teams around the country. After a couple of bankruptcies they are now known as Songbird Airways. |
At least in the pictures I have seen, none of the Pax have been carrying hand baggage. :D
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Seven taken to hospital after plane engine catches fire - BBC News
All passengers were evacuated safely, although the BBC has confirmed seven were taken to the hospital. The seven patients are at Florida Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale and the hospital expects to receive up to 15 total passengers. One person has been "seriously burnt", according to Mike Jachles of the Broward County Sheriff's Office. |
Pilot taxing behind the Dynamic 767 reported a massive Oil Leak. ATC Audio posted to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEmoq1v6A_0 |
News Conference:
Authorities hold new conf. on FLL plane fire | News - Home |
UA 1290. Geez. Think you're going anywhere soon? There's a fire. Worry about what departure runway you'll get when the fire situation is taken care of.
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'Shouldn't' happen, but these things do let go from time to time. Glad this was another case of it ending without anything but scorched metal and few injuries.
Evacuating down the side of the fire, however, does invite questions as to how and why that decision was reached. |
Pattern emerging? Another left engine. Ground all left engines.
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"I'm told one of the engines caught fire as the plane was taxiing, getting ready for departure. I don't know the number of people on board, and I don't know the condition of the people, but I was told the fire was put out by a fire rescue team on sight," said FLL spokesperson Greg Meyer.
Call that a spokesperson?:sad: Jack |
No question about it, those FLL and LAS ARFF crews are top notch!!
I'm grateful for the dedication and professionalism of the men and women worldwide who are willing, on a daily basis, to place the lives of passengers and crew before their own. Thank you for being there for us!! |
I listened to the ATC recording - seems strange to me that after the pilot behind him reported a large fuel leak pilot (or co-pilot) said we will return to the gate.
I would shut down immediately if someone said on the radio that I was leaking fuel. |
I agree with you!!!
I agree wanabee777. This guys make a wonderful job at Las Vegas and FLL. Pilots have only 2 fire extinguishers per engine and sometimes isn't enough, what remains is the Airport fire fighting team. Thanks again to these Guys...
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The engine fire extinguishers are just for fire inside the engine nacelle.
Fuel pooling on the ground and burning is not impressed too much by that system... looks like uncontained engine failure... |
I'm grateful for the dedication and professionalism of the men and women worldwide who are willing, on a daily basis, to place the lives of passengers and crew before their own. |
Federal investigators on Friday launched a probe of an airliner fire at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport that observers speculated could have been sparked by fuel leaking from the plane. National Transportation Safety Board investigators said they will be examining whether fuel was leaking from the Venezuelan-bound Dynamic International Airways jet before takeoff on Thursday, as witnesses observed. NTSB investigator in charge Tim LeBaron told news reporters that the agency’s four-person team will try to determine the root of the fire in the Boeing 767’s left engine. “I know there’s been a lot people saying that fuel was coming from the airplane,” LeBaron said at the airport. “Well, they saw a fluid coming from the airplane. We don’t know at this point if it was fuel or not. “So that’s one of the things that we look at.” NTSB investigators will also examine the airliner’s data recorders, maintenance history and other records. LeBaron said NTSB will issue a preliminary report in five days, another report in six months and final findings in a year. |
Could it be the cheap price of fuel keeping these old birds in the air? No matter how well maintained they are with everything ticked and signed, age is going to catch up with them.
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Wageslave
Firefighters are all heroes in my book. They are the ones running into a situation (and sometimes dying in the process or at least getting severely injured) while the rest of us are running away from it. OH |
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/loca...20Plane%20FireThe rescue team unit of the ARFF responders, (the ones with the compressed air bottles on their backs), are the individuals tasked with going into the cabin and cockpit to make certain that no one is left behind after the evacuation, regardless of an active fire in progress.
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Dynamic 767
With due respect to cabin crew you don't really tackle engine fires and as for being 50m away ... I think you will find an internal fire means firefighters are entering the aircraft as your leaving
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Video of the evacuation. Pay attention to the man that falls face down and doesn't move by the tail of the jet.
https://www.facebook.com/abcnews/vid...3866917358812/ Slag away.... |
Observe the effect of a running right engine on 2R slide.:eek:
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Overwing slide on the R/H side also not deployed despite overwing exit opened
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One thing that struck me was the way the fire truck flies down the tarmac despite the fact that there are people running about. IIRC, one of the deaths from Asiana SFO was caused by a fire vehicle hitting the person. I realize that the trucks need to get foam on the fire ASAP, and maybe the long distance lens changes the perspective.
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If the same scenario happened at night or in low visibility, especially with a full, widebody, aircraft, it would be very difficult for the fire apparatus drivers to avoid hitting evacuating passengers.
The drivers' visibility, especially their peripheral vision, is extremely limited by their head gear. |
Also notice the railroad tank cars in the background just off the east end of runway 10L/28R.
These are full of highly flammable ethanol waiting to be transferred to Port Everglades about a mile further east. The ethanol is mixed with gasoline at the port before shipment to area petrol stations. |
wanabee777 -If the same scenario happened at night or in low visibility, especially with a full, widebody, aircraft, it would be very difficult for the fire apparatus drivers to avoid hitting evacuating passengers. The drivers' visibility, especially their peripheral vision, is extremely limited by their head gear. Many years ago I had the pleasure of landing a multi engine turboprop with a gear failure at a major airport in the U.S. There was an impressive response from the very well equipped ARFF. After the excitement had died down, we were standing around waiting for the equipment to remove the aircraft from the runway. I sat in one of the trucks and received a fascinating briefing. The vehicle had a huge spike on the roof that could inject foam into the aircraft. It was also equipped with image intensifying drivers equipment and infrared technology. The Firefighter informed me that they were able to drive at speed in almost zero visibility at night. I'd never seen this particular type of vehicle before, and I didn't see one in the footage from the SFO Asiana crash. Apparently part of the funding for it was provided by the very large cargo company that inhabits the airport. |
In that case, I hope both FLL and MIA have such equally equipped ARFF vehicles.
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On the clip posted by skidbuggy it's frightening to see how many passengers are carrying bags and in at least one case carrying two bags, some people don't deserve saving.
On the other side of the coin at the aft R/H door it looks like there is a presumably aircrew person doing and amazing job of getting people out, whoever they are they deserve a medal. |
A medal for doing their jobs? :hmm:
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On the other side of the coin at the aft R/H door it looks like there is a presumably aircrew person doing and amazing job of getting people out, whoever they are they deserve a medal. |
It must have been a cabin initiated evacuation. Obviously, the flight crew had yet to perform the evacuation checklist.
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rjtjrt
The person that I am referring to appears to be a flight attendant, he (looks male) looks to be ushering people on to the aft door slide and then as the last passenger is on the slide he disappears back into the aircraft and reappears out of the front door. I think it's safe to assume he went back to check that all passengers were off. That to me takes guts when you see the volume of smoke and flames, so it may be just his job but he does it extremely well and all kudos to him. Fair play to the guy that straightened the slide of course as well. |
The last two out forward on that vid, white shirts and black trousers, probably the pilot or FA. One runs back across the burning plane to assist with the injured pax on the ground behind the tail. :cool:
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