ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248036
Last updated: 10 June 2021
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| Date: | 20-FEB-2021 |
| Time: | 16:12 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-412 (BCF) |
| Owner/operator: | Longtail Aviation |
| Registration: | VQ-BWT |
| MSN: | 24975/838 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | over Meerssen -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Maastricht/Aachen Airport (MST/EHBK) |
| New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) | |
| Investigating agency: | Dutch Safety Board |
Longtail Aviation flight LGT5504, a Boeing 747-412 (BCF), suffered an uncontained engine failure of the no.1 PW4056 engine. Blade fragments were ejected from the engine, coming down in the village of Meerssen, 2 km past the end of the runway. At that point the aircraft was climbing through 1400 feet.
The flight crew initially declared a Mayday and subsequently requested vectors for a holding pattern at FL100 to dump fuel.
The flight then diverted to Liège Airport, Belgium, as this airport had a longer runway. A safe landing was made at 17:10 local time, one hour after takeoff from Maastricht Airport.
Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/6t5504/#26debe99
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/LGT5504/history/20210220/1525Z/EHBK/EBLG/tracklog
https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1566523397/vliegtuig-verliest-motoronderdelen-bij-maastricht-aachen-airport
https://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/en/page/18344/engine-failure-boeing-747-412bcf-meerssen
https://youtu.be/ADQbwVW4Wuo
Location
Media:
🔴 Incident moteur sur un Boeing 747-400 cargo cet après-midi au départ de Maastricht.
— air plus news (@airplusnews) February 20, 2021
L'avion (immatriculé VQ-BWT) devait effectuer un vol vers New York JFK, il s’est dérouté à Liège.
➕ Des morceaux du moteur ont été retrouvés à proximité de l’aéroport. pic.twitter.com/XXD0s4eebe
Images:
Photo of VQ-BWT courtesy AirHistory.net
London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)
30 April 2021; (c) John Smitherman
Photo: Onderzoeksraad voor Veiligheid
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Feb-2021 16:34 | ron_wyler | Added |
| 20-Feb-2021 16:36 | harro | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 20-Feb-2021 18:10 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2021 18:23 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Embed code] |
| 20-Feb-2021 18:36 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2021 19:30 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category, Photo] |
| 21-Feb-2021 10:12 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2021 12:45 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2021 18:36 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 22-Feb-2021 19:50 | harro | Updated [Photo] |
| 09-Mar-2021 19:28 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
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