| Date: | Wednesday 21 July 2021 |
| Time: | 04:20 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-8F |
| Owner/operator: | United Parcel Service - UPS |
| Registration: | N624UP |
| MSN: | 63784/1558 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Near Hong Kong international airport -
 Hong Kong
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok International Airport (HKG/VHHH) |
| Dubai Airport (DXB/OMDB) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft performing flight 5X003 was climbing out of runway 07R when the crew received an indication that one of the engines have a problem (400 feet), at 1500 feet the engine fire warning sounded.
The pilots discharged 2 fire bottles into the engine but warning was persisting.
The plane returned to Hong Kong a safe overweight (about 426 ton, MTOW 442 ton, MLW 350 ton) landing on runway 07L and coming to a stop about 2500 meters down the runway, about 15 minutes after departure.
https://www.thb.gov.hk/aaia/doc/Preliminary%20Serious%20Incident%20Report%20(01-2021)_Eng.pdf
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https://www.airfleets.fr/ficheapp/plane-b747-63784.htm
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n624up?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_e896bd789d172a4e885804608d04e9e9e8d0b53b-1626887887-0-gqntzgznaekjcnbszqqo#2878b469
On July 20th, a UPS Boeing 747-8 freighter (N624UP) returned to Hong Kong Int. Airport after one of the engines caught fire.
— RadarBox (@RadarBox24) July 21, 2021
Read more on our blog:https://t.co/MYDIvNlFB9#UPS #Boeing747 #Cargo #RadarBox #Aviation pic.twitter.com/0FX695GdsM
UPS B747-8 freighter returned to Hong Kong after an engine fire upon departure.
— Sam Chui (@SamChuiPhotos) July 21, 2021
The captain stopped the climb and returned to Hong Kong for a safe overweight (about 426 ton, MTOW 442 ton) landing on Rwy 07L and came to a stop about 2500m down the runway.https://t.co/zobNy0sGjN
🚨 𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 🚨
— Extreme Avia (@AviaExtreme) July 21, 2021
UPS 747-8 makes emergency return landing in Hong Kong after an engine fire on departure. Video by flyingamit. 2021/07/21 🤪🤯😱
💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💢#planecrash #planecrashes#aircrash #aircrashinvestigation#aviationfails#boeing747 pic.twitter.com/uE4VgD17DT
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jul-2021 17:15 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 21-Jul-2021 17:17 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Cn, Source, Embed code] |
| 21-Jul-2021 17:19 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Country, Source, Embed code] |
| 22-Jul-2021 06:36 | gerard57 | Updated [Damage] |
| 22-Jul-2021 09:09 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Category, Photo] |
| 22-Jul-2021 09:12 | gerard57 | Updated [Location] |
| 22-Jul-2021 09:13 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Embed code, Category] |
| 22-Jul-2021 17:10 | gerard57 | Updated [Location, Embed code] |
| 21-Aug-2021 09:40 | harro | Updated [Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
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