A Japan Airlines flight has been grounded at Los Angeles airport after a large object was sucked into one of the plane’s engines, officials say.
They say the incident happened as JAL flight 62 was leaving one of the airport’s gates.
Television footage showed the object – believed to be a cargo container – wedged into the engine.
All 245 passengers on board were taken off the plane and escorted to the terminal. No injuries were reported.
I love the last thing these articles always say – “An investigation is under way”.
No kidding. Do we think the bloody box jumped up into the air on its own and tried to commit suicide by leaping into the engine?
Those big engines can suck up a Crown Vic….
The real question is how did that container get someplace where it would be close enough….
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Well, there’s another bit for the Mythbusters.
They already did the ‘airliner blows car off road’ in a previous episode.
J/P=?
Not a marketing video to reassure you of the safety and service levels of Japan Air
The video make it looks as if this is standard levels of service
Where are the lovely stewardesses looking cute and serving drinks ?
Each Pratt & Whitney PW 4062 on the 747-400 can generate 63,300 lbs. of thrust, and with an 8′ 6″ wide nacelle is certainly capable of sucking up a minivan. Obviously the container was empty or close to it but still, who left the darned thing on the tarmac? Someone’s going home with an empty pay envelope.
“Do we think the bloody box jumped up into the air on its own and tried to commit suicide by leaping into the engine?”
Yes, I do. How would fell being stuff full of crap day in and day out. Shoved into a dark hole with no heat for hours at a time. It just couldn’t take it anymore.
Engineers did not account for something=g that large to throw in the engine.
The largest item pushed through during certification was a replica of Rush Limbaugh.
What a waste of my viewing time.
Good news, Mr Dvorak, we’ve found your luggage!
What I find amusing is the two cop cars in the foreground. Why do the cops have to stick their noses into what is obviously a non threatening accident involving an empty container and an aircraft engine? Because cops are, basically, intrusive and looking for people to push around.
Wow, that’s impressive FOD.
#11, it’s tough to find FOD like those spare bolts and nuts when you have to walk around a darned baggage carrier.
#3, there’s video somewhere of a person getting sucked into a fighter jet intake. IIRC he survived.
JAL is now know as bonzai airlines
Eidard: “Do we think the bloody box jumped up into the air on its own and tried to commit suicide by leaping into the engine?” Suicide? I think not. Just another case of immaculate convection.
(Sorry, but you know what they say; “Nothing Venturied nothing planed.”
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#15, Nimby,
Aaaarrrrggggghhhh!
Yes, it did just jump into the engine. Look close and you can read “Al Qaeda Airlines” on the container.
I knew a girl that could do that. She was pretty popular with the guys too.
Is it my imagination or were they still waving the plane on? Did they attempt to take off this way? The video ended before anyone solved the problem.
#19 – Mr. Fusion,
I think I wouldn’t want quite that much suction. This goes way beyond the old golf ball through thirty yards of garden hose joke.
Opps, did I do that?
It was a cargo container of Canadian Geese.
#10 The cops may be there because it was an intentional act.
Some may have committed the crime of iFOD.
#15 for the win
Obviously the container was empty or close to it but still.