A Boeing 747-400 with 468 people aboard was forced to make an emergency landing in Indonesia on Wednesday after one of its engines caught fire and began shooting out flames during takeoff.
The Garuda Indonesia flight was bound for Medina, Saudi Arabia, which is the entry point for many Muslims making their pilgrimage to Mecca. It left from Indonesia’s international airport in Makassar, where clips showed one of the plane’s four engines becoming engulfed in flames during takeoff on Wednesday evening.
Videos of the engine fire were shared online by JACDEC, a plane crash data evaluation firm, which showed that the flames began just as the plane had lifted from the runway.
Minor incidents happen all the time in aviation. They have pretty high standards for what is considered an incident. There will always be incidents that can regularly be reported on.
Boeing has some major safety issues. That is a real concern. However, national news is over reporting minor incidents with boeing planes, while being sure to mention boeing in the headline, because they know people will click on any article with boeing in the title. Scared people click on scary headlines.
Incidents with other aircraft are reported locally, and they just say “airplane” in the title.