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British Airways Boeing 777 Catches Fire On Take Off From Las Vegas
Prior to China's "shocking" decision to devalue the yuan, the market was already set to subject the FOMC's September meeting to an unprecedented amount of scrutiny.
Now that the consequences (i.e. $100 billion in UST liquidation over just two weeks) of Beijing's near daily FX interventions are becoming clear, the world is now transfixed, as Janet Yellen attempts to determine what hundreds of billions in reverse QE entails for US monetary policy. As noted on Monday, there's quite a bit of confusion in the market as everyone searches for clues as to what might happen should the Fed decide that despite mounting headwinds and unprecedented uncertainty, it is indeed time for "liftoff."
On Tuesday, we got a sneak peak at what "liftoff" might end up looking like courtesy of British Airways:
More from The Guardian:
A British Airways jet has caught fire at Las Vegas airport, sending smoke billowing into the air.
The plane – a Boeing 777 – could be seen with flames around its fuselage.
There were 159 passengers and 13 crew on board. Two people were treated for minor injuries as a result of the fire, which involved a flight that was due to fly from the US city’s McCarran airport to Gatwick.
It was not immediately clear what had caused the blaze, which was quickly put out by emergency services.
Dramatic images of flight 2276 were shared on social media by members of the public at the airport, which is five miles south of downtown Las Vegas.
Thankfully, all passangers are apparently safe - we just hope, for the sake of investors the world over and especially for anyone still holding EM assets, that we'll be able to say the same thing for markets should the Fed attempt to "take off" later this month.
VIDEO: Fire engulfs plane on Las Vegas runway. Minor injuries reported. @CNN's @jimsciutto has more. http://t.co/3jkxphWBL5
— OutFrontCNN (@OutFrontCNN) September 8, 2015
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nope..
New Air Force One Contract Won’t Save Boeing 747 $BAFAA says the fire was in the port-side engine.
DOOM off.
I see your reason and raise you one "Russian hackers".
Tatical nuke
Clear-air ball lightning sucked into the turbine.
Is that the new Dreamliner? In any case, looks bullish to me for a 1-2% increase in Boeing stawk.
Vegas to Gatwick non-stop. Impressive range.
Dreamliner is the 787
Retaliation for the Chinese warehouse sabotage?
They told me I couldn't smoke...
when I was ass-raping the pilot during takeoff.
Come on, no biggie. Don't be ZH wussies.
Just give all the passenagers a free airport restaurant ticket and tell them to come back in a few hours when the fire will be extinguished and they'll reboard and try take-off again.
Reassure the passengers. Tell them it's statistically unlikely the same engines will catch fire twice in one day.
/nev/dull
Let's all calmly wait until they find a passport or two belonging to Syrians.
Rod from God. Or possibly doG morf doR.
Next, expect a few more of these incidents to occur and all over the news media we'll here how the airline industry is going to have to suck it up and implement new changes to make their planes safer and we all know what that will lead to: higher airfares. Devalue by disaster.
William Tapley would certainly agree that this was a divine warning. Just recently BA fired a stewardess for wearing a discreet crucifix. She is suing on the basis that BA is violating EU laws of free expression.
Avoid British and American airliners, they are run by hedge fund managers. If you can chose board an Airbus, stay safe.
Divine Wind sucked into the turbine...
;-D
ROFL
Ninja Strike
https://www.facebook.com/XplicitNationTV/videos/879584842090862/?pnref=s...
not that uncommon anymore .... hat tip to CPL, who posted this link nearly 3 years ago -
jumpingjackflashhypothesis.blogspot.com - daily updates on the fires & explosions & crashes & earth oddities .... lately we've been seeing days with 6-10 small engine aircraft crashes/fires....
i think we're over 80 commercial jets that have either fires or smoke in the cabin/cockpit this year alone.
Aging fleet?
Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engines on the 777-200...Lucas electrical?!?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Trent_800
Joe Lucas - Prince of Darkness!
Oh my crappy Triumph electrics.... nice bike, shit electrics. (I'm talking 60s bike)
You could lay them down 'til the pegs were almost scraping and they were solid. Lovely bike.
The Lucas Electrics just sucked.
Why do the Brits drink their beer at room temperature? Lucas refrigerators.
Seems the GE 90 (not Rolls) port engine had a catastrophic failure that was uncontained. This could have ended up very very badly.
With the amount of money on the line it's always a pilot or maintenance error.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas?
Look at all those morons grabbing their bags as the plane burns...Fucking ridiculous!
Those bags contain Hillary's e-mails.
What happens in Vegas burns in Vegas.
There fixed it.
Have you been injured in an accident...?
1-800-SHY-STER
Clearly this wa due to Russian submarines operating in the area.
- MSM
Clearly bullshit - there isn't enough water left in Lake Mead.
They have Stealth Submarines for that.
Nice Link about Boeing. As sad as it is to see the queen of the skies go at least it lived a far better life then the soon to be killed A380.
it'll be interesting to hear what exactly happened... the engines built for the 777 are sourced from GE, Rolls Royce, and Pratt & Whitney depending on sub-model... they're designed to be incredibly tough and reliable given single engine design drivers for over water routes, one engine inoperative on full takeoff weight etc... a single 777 engine can keep a 747 in flight and also holds the record for emergency single engine flight over water at 177 minutes (of a rated 180)
tldr it either sucked in something it didn't like or someone didn't take proper care of it...
hot surface + fuel = ignition or fuel + Lucas electrics :-)
"Sorry folks, the plane caught fire so we are driving you all back to your hotels to lose the rest of the kids college money. Thanks for choosing British Airways."
777's seem not to be soooo good
Good thing the people got off at that shithold - Vegas. This plane, like other 777s, may have disappeared while really going to Diego Garcia.
not as good as 714's. hahhaahhahahhaahahhah quaalude airlines, for the ride of your life
Years ago, a guy in a cnat room had the name 'Flies like an Emu' - worked for Alaska Airlines!
And on Boeing.com right now...
The Dreamliner Effect - Airline executives discuss the dreamliner's effect on their business
I kid you not.
Nightmare-liner.
Maybe Boeing and Tesla could team up for the flying car...
Flammable batteries - problem still not solved - let's hope it doesn't happen at 20,000 feet.
Why? Do they run the engines on batteries?
At 20,000 feet the flux capacitor sends everyone back to 1982........
Lithium-ion battery pack....desert heat...loss of cooling...thermal runaway....
Similar to this no doubt......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLLcvWeiKw
1982 - 30 year Treasuries @ 14.22%
We've come a long way baby!!
And then you could afford it.. WTF went wrong
Cheap money....bytchez!
dupe. My bad.
Overheard on radio from Ground Traffic Control... Pilot to Co-Pilot: "When this baby hits 88 mph, you're going to see some serious shit".
No, that would be silly. But, Nuke plants do run on batteries. Thousands of triple AAA batteries. They tell everyone they are refueling but they are changing out the batteries. They don't want anyone to know they create that much HAZ MAT waste.
except for that fact that it's not a 787...
Had I been on that flight, I would now be in surgery having the seat cushion removed from my ass. Yet another reason not to fly. Between the TSA, shitty maintenance, and a friend of mine , who works in the aerospace world, telling me about some of the unsafe parts being made, I'll just drive.
+1000
Word from my sources is that there are a variety of board-level electronic components, the supply line for which
has been infiltrated by cheap Chinese knockoffs that look exactly like the high quality, low noise versions.
Scary times.
I do not know anything about the electrical components, but keep an eye out for the cabin doors falling off in the next few years. I refuse to fly any more.
Sudden cabin decompression is the bigger problem. Over the Atlantic a long time ago, the Pan Am jet I was on suddenly had its oxygen masks drop down. I was walking near one of the doors where the economy section started and suddenly I felt a freezing blast of air in my face for a few seconds. Then the cabin pressure returned to normal. I never did find out what caused the event, the pilot kept mum.
I have had a few hair raising experiences on commercial aircraft as well, but the best was on a flight into Denver. We hit the tarmac HARD, and bounced a few times (most landings I have ever had one one flight). As we were departing, the captain was standing outside the cockpit. A, tiny, frail, old lady was in front of me. As she reached the front, she calmly asked the captain if we had landed, or just been shot down. I had tears running down my face laughing my ass off.
Dude, was this a flight from BWI a few months back?...this sounds exactly like a flight I was on into DIA.
Back in the '80's. When flying was still fun. You know, real food, drinks, leg room.
And plenty of ass raping.
You have serious issues.
Diet tip: More fiber, and less crack.
Bullshit. I've Heard this before.
You must be the captain! Hey, great landings!
Over the Atlantic a long time ago, the Pan Am jet I was on suddenly had its oxygen masks drop down. I was walking near one of the doors where the economy section started and suddenly I felt a freezing blast of air in my face for a few seconds. Then the cabin pressure returned to normal. I never did find out what caused the event, the pilot kept mum.
The very first thing that you'd remember from a cabin decompression, junction, is that INTENSE PAIN IN YOUR INNER EARS....if you did not, outright, pass out from it.
MANY PASSENGERS DO. That is the reason for the instructions to put your mask on FIRST...before assisting anybody else. The REASON that they cannot put their mask on is because they have become unconcious YOU LYING TWIT.
(Of course the stewardesses neglect to tell you about this happenstance in this type of event so as not to panic your dumbfuck ass...)
SO BULLSHIT. You have never been through one.
I guess Europe is not in your vacation plans.
European vacation would involve a tramp steamer, and a Ural motorcycle.
Well, driving's okay, I guess. But the road to Gatwick is often very wet, particularly the part through the Atlantic Ocean.
Keep in mind Stan Fischer(#2@fed) was running Israel's central bank a few years ago. He jacked up rates at the erong time and crashed the economy. Then he dropped the rates. Face it folks, we're hosed either way.
Now back to the airport lobby to watchit on CNN , Anderson pooper wil blame it on white southern milita terrorist you know the kind without freckles
any Idea if the Engines were GE90 or Pratt's ? Tries to look ask on Yahoo board of GE could not get page to load.
BA likes to use Rolls engines
RR names its engine models after rivers, because rivers are always running.
"I think this one had the Cuyahoga model engines."
Thank you. thank you. I'll be here all week
it appears to be a 777-300ER, in which case it would have been GE90's assembled in Durham NC. I worked for GE both in Cincinnatti (engineering dept) and down in Durham (manufacturing engineer).
"A spokesman for Rolls Royce told Reuters news agency that the engine was not made by the company. British Airways uses engines made by either Rolls Royce or General Electric, the agency adds."
Must have been the GE Fukishima Model.
After analyzing data from two focus groups, and one of the country's larges image consulting groups, the 'Hillary for President" committee has decided that in the future Hillary will plan to be spontaneous.
"plan to be spontaneous"
After she masters that, she will attempt honesty.
"If she can just fake those two things, the election is in the bag": A Clinton insider was overheard saying.
I wonder what drugs Hillary is on. Xanax for sure. Probably a blood thinner to prevent further strokes. For one day a year, Halloween, Hillary's mask like frozen grin will look appropriate.
I wonder if Webb Hubble is still banging her.
Chelsey, their love child? Maybe Susan McDougle is trimming her nasty carpet.
Not so sure.....that was back in the day. These days The Lizard Queen prefers Huma's rug-rubbing skills. BTW, is Hubble still processing oxygen? Usually loose ends like him tend to end up vincefostered.
If only she could pull of 'spontaneous' of the combustion kind.
BTW, Honesty would run away, screaming.
Raising rates simply means more people will get to stay in their houses and stop paying their mortgages. CC companies ... no one cares since it is unsecured credit.
Some Britt tried to take Sheldon's money home...thas a no no
Didnt realise British Airways barbecue their burgers on board these days.
British cooking ... bleh.
Can't beat a good English brakfast!
It has been said that to eat well in UK just eat breakfast 3 times a day!
"The chip! Englands contribution to world cusine!"
and what do they eat with chips to make them more interesting? i know, fish.
"Don't eat the green ones, they're not ripe yet."
Steak & kidney pie and the mushy pea.
I wonder how long it would have taken the heat from the fire to reach or set off that fat tub of kerosene...?
To bad the royal babies were not on board. BBQ averted.
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
Krugman says this is good for the economy. Burn, baby, burn!
Last photo looks like it was taken by a passenger, cuz why not? YOLO
I hate flying. These are not images you want to see before boarding a jet.
I don't mind flying - it's the bullshit before and after that makes me likely to stay home.
"BA likes to use Rolls engines" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_GE90#Operational_history Don't know that is Why I asked... this is what Yahoo returned
https://finance.yahoo.com/mb/GE/
Error while retrieving the data (Error Code: MBHo_BOARD_NOT_FOUND)
I've had problems with Yahoo most of the day, if that is any comfort.
if the constant hijacking of my browser is any sort of signal, I'd say that Yahoo is pretty much just a virus at this point and best left alone.
Be sure and take your suitcases full of gold as you emergency evacuate the burning 777. Dumbasses.
I am just a layman, I just go by what my heart tells me, I am not learned like most of you... I just ask questions, because I want to learn. Ok, I dont have a mortgage, but if I did, say it was 1100 dollars a month. If they raised my interest rate .25, well, 10% would be 110 dollars extra, 1% would be 11 dollars more, so .25 would be about 3 dollars more? So, my mortgage goes from 1100 to 1103 dollars....I dont think that would end my life or cause massive world disorder....Just asking questions....thanks.
If you got a fixed rate mortgage at $1100/mo, your payment would still be $1100/mo.
Equal to a case of popcorn. I wouldn't want to risk it.
If your mortgage was $19 Trillion you might find it a bit more bothersome.
Especially if you took out another mortgage every year.
Let's say your Mortgage was 18 trillion. 1% would be about .18 Trillion. .25 or 1/4 of that would be roughly 45 billion a year. Compared to 0 that would equal about 9 Ukrainian coups.
And that is the last time hot wings will be on the in-flight dinner menu.........
All that hot money fleeing the country...
Maybe someone mistook it for a Malaysia Airlines flight.
Nikola thanks for the link on the Rolls-Royce Trent 800... There is a lot of shared technology on the fuel systems Hamilton standard(Pratt) and Rolls for example. There is not much competition maybe Russia will bring back a SST with new computers available. It always amazed me how the MIC thinks they run all the technology and not hamper it. Malaysian airline lost flight 370 was a A380 Ukraine shot down 777 .
Ahmad's sneakers spontaneously combusted.
Signs of a declining society. Hari Seldon warned us of this.
Ah, this is your pilot speaking - as you look out the window and see the smoke, I want to assure you that it is nothing to worry about, I just stomped down on the accelerator to blow out the carbon in the engines. Sit back and enjoy the rest of the flight <cough, cough, gurgle, gurgle>....
Things that make you go humm with the same engines. On 17 January 2008, a British Airways Boeing 777-236ER, operating as flight number BA038 from Beijing to London, crash-landed at Heathrow after both Trent 800 engines lost power during the aircraft's final approach. The subsequent investigation found that the cause was ice released from the fuel system which accumulated on the fuel-oil heat exchanger leading to a restriction of fuel flow to the engines. Rolls-Royce has developed a modification to prevent the problem recurring.
Source Wikipedia.
Interesting....I remember that incident, but had not heard the investigation results. That theory seems like fantasy to me, as unless I'm forgetting something, the last place ice will form is within a jet-fuel based system, particularly at close-to-ground level. FOHEs are merely exchanger units where oil and fuel lines are routed near each other (hot oil, cold fuel) in order to help cool the oil. Not sure how ice can enter the picture under these circumstances?
Then there's the whole 'both engines simultaneously losing power on final approach. C'moooonnnn maannnn! Common sense tells us this doesn't just 'happen', unless the pilot literally retarded the throttles too far, or some fancy whiz-bang auto-throttle modular circuit-card gizmo-box fritzed out at the worst possible moment. Given that just about 90% of all such gizmo-box subcomponents are sourced in China....it wouldn't surprise me to learn the latter was more likely the cause, and obviously covered up since the entire commercial fleet is flying chinese electronics these days.
They need to bring back those flight-insurance-selling ATMs into the airports.
"A spokesman for Rolls Royce told Reuters news agency that the engine was not made by the company. British Airways uses engines made by either Rolls Royce or General Electric, the agency adds."
"It was not immediately clear what had caused the blaze..."
My guess is heat, fuel and oxygen.
Drone sucked in?
Goddamn Center fuel tanks strikes again
"Gamble on the way, with our direct Vegas flights."
Those assholes that left the plane with their luggage should be publicly identified and shamed. Fortunately it was not a big deal but in these evacuations not a single second must be lost.
Hard to tell from the grainy video/photos.....but it could be that the aircraft sprung a large fuel leak which sprayed onto the hot wheel brakes. Once lit, the flames were continually fed by the leaking fuel? I mention that possibility simply because I don't see fire or smoke billowing out of the exhaust section of the engine......all of it seems concentrated towards the front and under the engine nacelles. In a catastrophic engine failure, flames and smoke will belch out of the exhaust section.....unless its a truly catastrophic failure, in which case the engine detonates and sends fan/turbine section blades slicing into everything within 360 degrees. Even then its usually preceded by fire/smoke out the exhaust?
Did someone say 'pull it' by any chance?
trump- "yer fired"
Speaking of 7s, remember that speech that the IMF chick gave about "I do what I'm told" and "the magic number 7"? It's true that you can find a pattern anywhere when you look but this is out of the horses mouth. There are 7s everywhere right now and there were for the Shemitah market route of 08 too. If the S&P hits 1777 in the near future or some other major indicator hits repeating 7s I am going full on red pill and tin foil hat permanently. It turns out that 7 isnt a lucky number after all.