Air France A380 super jumbo makes emergency landing in Canada after engine DISINTEGRATES at 37,000ft over the Atlantic
PASSENGERS have told of their terror after a plane's engine seemingly fell to pieces mid-air. The Air France A380 was reportedly travelling from Paris to Los Angeles when the engine failed.
Loud thud and a lot of vibration. pic.twitter.com/s9GFIyssrh — Rick Engebretsen (@RickEngebretsen) September 30, 2017. One passenger shared this snap of the engine after the plane safely landed.
The pilot was forced to divert to Goose Bay airport in Canada – prompting a nervous wait for those aboard. One passenger tweeted that the engine had "blown apart" over the Atlantic.
Another said they heard a "loud thud and a lot of vibration" before looking out of the window to see the terrifying site.
Passenger Pamela Adams told AP that those on board "heard this tremendous bang. It was like the plane hit a Jeep at 35,000 feet.". Passengers nervously joked as they tried to make work out what was going on, Adams said.
She said she thought that the plane had been hit by a bird, and it only later became clear the situation was more serious. Shocking images shared on social media show the plane's mangled engine.
The passenger sharing one of the photos said: I think the engine has seen better days. The engine cowling appears to have been completely ripped off, and what is left is severely battered.
This is where the planes engine is thought to have disintegrated.
This image shows the Air France Airbus A380 on another day before the incident. Luckily the plane was able to land safely and passengers told of their relief after the aircraft touched down in one piece an hour and a half later.
One tweeted he was "just glad to be on the ground". Air France said in a statement on social media: AF66 landed safely. Customers taken care by Air France and rerouting solutions on going.
Technical issue identified, AF66 diverting per precaution to Goose Bay YYR for technical checks. The airline later sent two other airliners, a Boeing 777 from its own fleet and a chartered 737, to take the passengers the rest of their journey.
The Airbus A380 is the largest passenger plane ever built, carrying more than 500 people.
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