Engine Blades of Longtail B744F Fall On Village

Today a Longtail Aviation Boeing 747-400F suffered an inflight engine failure soon after take off; as a consequence, its turbine blades fell over the village of Meerssen in the Netherlands. According to the AvHerald, the 30 year old aircraft, with registration VQ-BWT and performing flight LGT-5504 from Maastricht (Netherlands) to New York JFK (USA), was in its initial climb out of runway 21 when the trouble started; one of the right-hand engines had suffered severe damage (cause currently unknown) and … Continue reading Engine Blades of Longtail B744F Fall On Village