Neighbours around the airport saw flames coming out of 1 of the engines, the pilot swiftly reacted and turned back to the airport for a precautionary landing. The reason for the engine failure is currently not known. Christian Delcourt, Liège Airport spokesman thinks about possible FOD (foreign object damage) like for example a bird strike in the engine. On Facebook Frédéric Damoiseaux explains that the engine didn’t actually cought fire but encountered compressor-stall.
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This post was published on 7 February 2017 18:17
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