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What I find interesting about the United situation is that when comparing this to the incidents listed above, none of them have the entire engine housing come off. I am calling it housing as it literally surrounds the entire engine from the front to the back not sure what the technical term is though. The videos above show either the front intact or the back intact. To me, it seems this so far was a unique situation that hasn't happened before.
@@Vanilla_Donut It's called a cowling or a nacelle (not the same thing but both could refer to the part that fell off here, if I understand correctly.)
I feel like whenever there's an accident, aviation enthusiasts come rushing to this channel like those reporters who rush into the phone bank knocking it over in the movie Airplane!
the news has already used some of his video content in their reports. the LAX Incident of the FedEx 767 Cargo landing on half its landing gear was featured in a local news article, ** ruclips.net/video/8EyUmeeu7B8/видео.html **
This is an incredible example of training and professionalism. The pilots and ATC did their jobs calmly and without panic. You cannot hear any sort of excitability in their voices. They went about their job with incredible grace and professionalism. Great job.
@sam s Your attitude and oddly harsh opinion doesn't nullify the stress and significance of every emergency a pilot experiences and successfully handles. Discrediting the achievement is the same as discrediting a surgeon who successfully conducts emergency surgery. Saving lives may be the job, but that's not to discredit the work done. Please drop the cynicism. This isn't the time or place for it.
@sam s wow. You're just the regular Monday morning quarterback, aren't you, but no fault found on your part. How fortunate we all are for your input. Sam s says job well done, and performing to their paycheck level. Thank you so much 💞! Your input and contribution to the situation was impeccable 🙄
Most commercial aircraft have ACARs onboard which will download the latest metars / taf / atis for the destination airport when it’s entered in the fms. Significantly easier to read a screen or print out than write it down.
I like that he had a discrete freq. for the ground crews before the plane was on the ground. That ATC was as on the ball as Victor (VASAviation) was...
I landed in Denver about 15 minutes before UA 328 today. We heard that a bunch of runways were closed dud to an emergency inbound. Cant believe it was this! What a fantastic job by the crew.
It makes no difference in a 777. Most EOP’s are straight ahead but places like Zurich and Hong Kong have immediate or low level turns. The whole “turning into a live engine” isn’t considered when you are 300 tons and 500ft off the ground.
Interesting - Captain Joe commented on the complexity of this in his video about the event. It does sound like it comes from training on smaller planes, but whether that applies here is apparently worthy of a whole other video!
@@mattscarf Yes he did and Capt. Joe is a real ATP. The United pilot immediately answered left which indicates knowledge. Turning into the good engine added a layer of safety which paid off handsomely.
For clarification, at United's first handoff, they say "mahalo" meaning thanks in Hawaiian. Just a nice touch from the flight crew that gets missed sometimes. Keep up the great vids!
It’s a UA thing, many of our pilots will use aloha and mahalo when they’re operating Hawaii flights! We even use it in our gate announcements and final boarding calls
One of the reasons for the recommended threefold "mayday, mayday, mayday" is to reduce the odds of another pilot keying up and blocking the frequency. Great job by all involved from the looks of it. Glad that the airplane landed safely.
@That's Life This is recommended communication strategy for every mayday, yes. But the rules also say that you should "communicate in a manner that best adresses the emergency without regard for other rules", so it's kinda up to ATC and the pilot what they wanna do.
And kudos to the cabin crew for managing the emergency in regards to the PAX. There wasn't a single injury reported, neither during the emergency landing nor during evac.
Excellent Flight Controller - He immediately gave the pilot exactly what he needed without any questions - many times controllers talk too much and ask too many questions - This guy was perfect. If he ever sees this ... Thank You 🙏 Great Job.
What superb service from the Controller. Immediate action, no extraneous chat - all business: cleared 328 for whatever they wanted. Must have been very reassuring to a crew experiencing extreme pressure. Superb example of teamwork between crew and ground to get everyone down safely.
Holy hell that's a engine failure on steroids right there. I was expecting just a lost cowling or something, but then you showed the onboard video. "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking, if the passengers on the right side of the aircraft would just like to close their window blinds, you'll thank me for it later"
Video from people on the ground filmed pieces falling from the sky. And onboard video of the safe landing, there was cheering. Not sure if they'll want to finish their trip to Hawaii. Being over ocean for a long time? Glad it happened over land
@@recoveringsoul755 There is a reason why takeoff and landings are most dangerous part of flying. Among other things, engines are not pushed as hard at cruise condition.
It's amazing the engineering that goes into this, that even a full engine blowout doesn't mean an immediate danger to the craft or the souls on board. Hopefully everyone on ground are ok too.
@@joseanrodm9519 , me too. But it looked like they were still dealing with or had to endure severe vibration. Fortunately they also didn't have to deal with an excessive fuel load which could have lead to longer flight time, if they didn't want to exceed the landing weight limit.
@@weldonyoung1013 don't know about the 77, but most likely it would've been shut down. At least on my aircraft it would've shut down. And also, there might be an overweight landing procedure in the 777 as there are in a couple models I know of
@@joseanrodm9519 well, except if those debris hit the wing or any structure of the plane, but good thing plane design has came a long way which make this a non-issue.
You can hear the fire bell going off in the background on the first couple Mayday calls. Must have been a mighty pucker factor on the aircrew having to take care of that outside of a simulator.
Took them too long to land that aircraft in my opinion. They could have easily made another earlier left turn to align with the runway unless they were dumping fuel?
@@JohnMbanaja they have to run checklists which may include dumping fuel depending on the load. Suppressing fire, shutting down the engine, checking other systems all takes time.
@@JohnMbanaja They mentioned checklists a bunch of times. Presumably if the plane is flying well and no further developments, it's safer to take the time to check things out and plan the landing properly than it is to rush.
I gotta tell you, this is about as excellently and routinely handled as an engine emergency goes. Cutoff the fuel, shut it down, empty the FE bottles, declare an emergency, and get on the ground. Audio from the video posted by a passenger indicates that the cabin seemed pretty calm, so the cabin crew did a great job keeping general calm. Pilots calmed once they got their checklists run and the aircraft under full positive control. Aviate. Navigate. Communicate. Beautifully executed, textbook engine failure handling from all involved.
A burning engine on a wing full of fuel for Hawaii is not a routine engine out. Large pieces falling on a park! I'm surprised the engine burned that long. But they all handled it well.
@@billfly2186 I wasn't referring to the actual emergency as routine. By definition, no emergency is routine. However, it was handled in such a way that made it routine. That's something that's drilled into us as pilots from Day 1. I amended my statement to avoid the ambiguity though, thanks!
@@billfly2186 the engine was not on fire. It was still running quite normally, it was just missing the cowling. The fact that the pilot didnt see the urgency to fly straight in and land confirms the engine was not on fire. Take the cowling off any jet engine and you'll see the same.
@@sapsion That's incorrect. The fire seen in this video is located within the reverser bleed air duct, which has no direct access to the combustor or exhaust stages. No flame should be seen in this portion of the engine during flight. The pilot did not need to have any additional urgency for a variety of reasons, including the fact that aircraft are fully certified for flight on one engine. Beyond that, performance data would have been calculated for a return to the departing runway, and the pilot would be avoiding tailwind landings so as to not nullify the usefulness of remaining thrust. You can also hear the EFS chime in the cockpit at 1:01. Once again, this is NOT normal engine operation.
noone I was near candelas today and watched this happen right over my head. The plane was trailing smoke and flames as it was turning back to the east and then the engine blew apart. There was a large boom and a puff of smoke. It was frightening I thought I was going to watch a plane crash right in front of me.
I have a family member who lives in the Broomfield/Westminster area, I was just there a few weeks ago myself. That must have been terrifying to see. Do you know exactly where this debris fell?
@@lisalu910 I was at soccer practice at the commons and debris fell over al over the artificial turf fields about 100ft from where I was practicing and in the neighborhood just west of the commons
Big Sully energy with all the professionalism and tact by both the crew and controller here. Sounded like it didn't even faze them in the least. Hats off to everyone for setting the bar high here with a textbook example of how an emergency should be handled.
Most engine failures, you hear flight crew very composed even in the initial seconds afterward. From the passenger footage and pictures from the ground of the damage, and the bit of confusion in the first few seconds, you can tell this wasn't just a "regular" engine failure but totally uncontained. There must have been some serious, scary vibrations with this. Flight crew can't see the engine - totally reliant on EICAS warnings. Well done guys. As for VASAviation... is that less than 12 hours this time? Almost as quick reactions as the pilots! Nice. Saves us digging through FR24 and LiveATC archives :)
I think this counts as a contained failure, to be honest. The other video of the engine shows the engine looking pretty much intact, albeit with some oil fire coming out of the reverser buckets. But its still spinning, and still cylindrical, and there's no visible perforation, no loss of cabin pressure or hull perforation mentioned on the mayday call. I wonder if the vibration of the wrecked engine fluttered the cowling loose enough that the slipstream pulled it off the aircraft. Anyway, my understanding of an uncontained engine failure is one where the blades are flung out of the engine, which doesnt appear to be the case here.
@@C-beezy Yeah I guess we'll find out eventually, I was going to post something similar but then it looked to me like the fan was so out of balance that some blades must've come off - which then would explain the cowling coming off - but you're right even a contained failure is so violent it could cause the damage seen.
I can speak from personal experience (albeit in a C172 under much less stressful conditions) that in an emergency once the training and muscle memory kicks in, the adrenaline and confidence of being prepared for an emergency really brings calm to your nerves. It's temporary though- bodies start shaking and sweating once feet touch the ground.
I think it was more like "get us a turn now." Taking off west out of DEN they're pointed right at the mountains. Might not have climb performance above terrain on the 1 engine.
What maybe sounds like "panic" in the beginning is just task saturation. The pilots have to do so many things at once that the less important things are done quickly or not at all. And as we always say on this channel: Aviate, Navigate, Communicate - in that order!
Thanks very much for sharing this. The professionalism is very good to listen to, and the fact all runways were essentially left to the pilot's discretion was a surprise but understandable.
The checklist would only take a few minutes to complete. They’d have to run their performance for a return to land overweight, and run the overweight landing checklist too. With an active fire on the plane, even if it is engine oil burning, it’s still wise to get it back on the ground.
Was near downtown and 328 flew right over me and you could tell that something was amiss. Checked FR24 and now Vas and now I know what happened. Thanks.
I'm not sure why, though having flown a few flying -Hondas- I mean cessnas, when ATC said "You let me know, and we'll make it happen" was so wholesome, that it legit brought a tear to my eye. I'm glad everyone both in the air and on the ground appear to be okay as of the writing of this comment at 9:28pm EST on Feb. 20, 2021
@@aviationandotherstuff6571 They filed the wrong "ALOHA" into the flight computer. (Seriously, great job by the crew handling this emergency and getting everyone down safely.)
We live just North and East of this area. Extremely fortunate that no one was hit by the falling debris. Recording from a local dog park, you can hear the impacts as the pieces land near the area. Front of the cowling landed right next to the front door of a home. Awesome job by the pilots, maintaining their professionalism, going through their checklists, and landing safely.
Tremendous job by the pilots and controllers. Training, experience, professionalism, and common sense converging to take this situation to its best possible resolution.
2:13. I've seen the photos of the debris fallen on the ground including the engine cowl and some still photos of the damaged engine while the plane was in the air. But that video tho! That blew my freakin' mind. The fact it stayed on the wing and didn't destroy the rest of the aircraft, caused any injury or death, and the plane landed safely is a miracle.
Believe it or not, even with the detonation and the vibration, the pylon and engine structures themselves are designed to withstand *catastrophic* forces without causing separation or additional damage to the airframe. Check out "Engine Blade-Off Testing" on youtube to see what I mean, and it will really wow you!
@@VASAviation "Hello officer // I'm fine, thanks for asking // The house was already on fire // I swear I'm not a liar" - your videos are amazing, quality and detail always on point. Hope you get some sleep sometimes, too!
It toke off at maastricht, the netherlands, and lost engine parts over a town. 1 part got stuck in a car roof, another part injured a lady. The plane landed in Luik, belgium
You got this up quickly, Victor! Just read about it in my news feed this afternoon. When I saw the debris, I thought yep! Uncontained engine failure and VASAviation will have it soon!
Anyone else hear "Mahalo" from 328 when they were given the comm change to departure at 0:25? Little did the crew know, Hawaii wasn't happening for them today.
Hat tip to the men and women of Boeing who engineered and built an aircraft that could suffer a catastrophic failure like this and still get everyone back on the ground safely.
@@christopherbriggs9526 Could have been a FOD that entered the engine. On almost full power and then a large bird goes in, that Could make this happen, although rarely. The most important part is: * Engine is not engulfed in flames. * No severe damage to the aircraft (the cowling is there to contain the explosion) * Lands safely with no injuries. As designed. And if the failure is Huge, the cowling can actually rip apart (it is not made from one of Sandvik's Ultra Strength Steel, because that is too heavy).
It’s amazing that the cowl / leading edge came off and landed so intact, the engine pumps hot air into in to prevent ice forming at the entrance to the engine, it’s the big sivker ring that landed on the dudes truck if you watch the media reports.
The professionalism of the pilots is outstanding. Calm, cool, collected and performing required checklists and procedures. This is how lives are saved. Great job.
Catastrophic engine failure, but engine containment looks like it worked, the shroud is intact despite the massive damage. Engine containment systems keep the high energy fan blades inside the engine shell, but the cowling can be badly damaged and parts fall off. Looks like one of the fan blades is missing, and the engine looks to have an out-of-balance oscillation from the missing blade. I suspect the fire is actually from moving metal parts friction causing oil ignition, not fuel going in the engine. There is an emergency shut off valve that would cut all lines and electrical to engine, so no fuel would be flowing. My observations.
@@dopiaza2006 and Fox, Newsmax and OANN will blame Biden. What’s your point? All mainstream media is unnecessarily polarizing. Every mainstream media company wants its sheep to think THEY are “fair and balanced” and everyone else is the crazies. The fact is that they are all the crazies - and yes, if you are a “fan” or patron of ANY mainstream media (including ANY television channel - they are ALL mainstream in this regard), even your favorite one is part of this gross polarizing culture that puts people against each other. Think for yourself instead.
Gosh, you do good work, fast. I just realized when I read about an aviation situation, I basically RELY on VASAviation to have a nice presentation on it. You've earned another patron on patreon!
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-- Frontier A320 LOSES PART OF THE ENGINE COWLING departing Las Vegas! ruclips.net/video/WYNanAZlxyk/видео.html
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Wil there be a video from the incident in The Netherlands today too with also an engine failure/blow with pieces falling from the sky?
this same flight / type / runway was the bird strike + grass fire at DEN in 2016 too
What I find interesting about the United situation is that when comparing this to the incidents listed above, none of them have the entire engine housing come off. I am calling it housing as it literally surrounds the entire engine from the front to the back not sure what the technical term is though. The videos above show either the front intact or the back intact. To me, it seems this so far was a unique situation that hasn't happened before.
This was just a few miles from my house and some of the debris landed in a park I've been to that's next to a family member's house.
@@Vanilla_Donut It's called a cowling or a nacelle (not the same thing but both could refer to the part that fell off here, if I understand correctly.)
The ATC missed the first few "Maydays" but as soon as he saw this posted on VASAviation, he got back on the radio and handled the emergency.
Someone stepped on their radio so atc wasnt able to catch them
Got stepped on
LOLOL
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If he called his Mayday correctly maybe he would have got his attention properly
Next thing we know, VASAviation will be posting videos BEFORE the emergency happens.
Emergency On Demand™
SUSPICIOUS!
VASAviation Minority Report Edition
Technology improvements, eh?
"I have an idea. Corporal! Bring me the videocassette of Spaceballs: The Movie..."
Damn VASA you are fast
Very fast
That's what she said! But, she left satisfied liked, shared and subscribed!
What happened. I missed it. It was too fast
Blancolarios got a video up now as well
@@John_Be 😆😆 great one!
I feel like whenever there's an accident, aviation enthusiasts come rushing to this channel like those reporters who rush into the phone bank knocking it over in the movie Airplane!
LOLOOLolol great analogy and image.
the news has already used some of his video content in their reports.
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PROSPERITY
BONANZA
THERE’s a visual!!! 😂😂😂
Let's take some pictures!
This is an incredible example of training and professionalism. The pilots and ATC did their jobs calmly and without panic. You cannot hear any sort of excitability in their voices. They went about their job with incredible grace and professionalism. Great job.
Thank you. I was the chief pilot. Do you have a daughter
@sam s Your attitude and oddly harsh opinion doesn't nullify the stress and significance of every emergency a pilot experiences and successfully handles. Discrediting the achievement is the same as discrediting a surgeon who successfully conducts emergency surgery.
Saving lives may be the job, but that's not to discredit the work done. Please drop the cynicism. This isn't the time or place for it.
The initial Mayday call had a touch of panic in it. Entirely understandable, and not a problem, but not "no hint of excitability".
@sam s wow. You're just the regular Monday morning quarterback, aren't you, but no fault found on your part. How fortunate we all are for your input. Sam s says job well done, and performing to their paycheck level. Thank you so much 💞! Your input and contribution to the situation was impeccable 🙄
The pilot somewhat sounded like he was going to have a heart attack
that ATC guy was sharp. whatever you need, we’ll make it happen.
Yeah agreed!
And he spoke CLEARLY. LOL
@@MyGoogleRUclips , who needs Atis with a good controller like that , barometric pressure immediately, wind before landing....
Most commercial aircraft have ACARs onboard which will download the latest metars / taf / atis for the destination airport when it’s entered in the fms. Significantly easier to read a screen or print out than write it down.
I like that he had a discrete freq. for the ground crews before the plane was on the ground. That ATC was as on the ball as Victor (VASAviation) was...
I landed in Denver about 15 minutes before UA 328 today. We heard that a bunch of runways were closed dud to an emergency inbound. Cant believe it was this! What a fantastic job by the crew.
Due*
@@sunbulah9779 clearly was a typo. you dont need to be boring.
Single engine landings are required on every proficiency check.
Also, 777 can auto land on a single engine.
@@arturdlucas clearly it was a typo*
@@AcogR6 My sentence was correct. There's a phenomenum called ellipsis.
Literally got this up before the NTSB team could even fully mobilize, that is impressive speed.
Thank goodness the person with the window seat was camera-proficient!
Yikes - How would you like to have that seat?!!!
Probably from the "me too" generation, they're pro's at filming!!!
@@tima.478 Can airplanes fuck each other? No? Ok then that conversation has nothing to do with airplanes :)
@@i.robles5785 Sounds like you need someone to hug you bruh....It's going to be fine!
@@tima.478 Awwwww thanks for the concern honeybuns
I'm glad everyone both in the air and on the ground appear to be okay
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What you doing here TimeBucks haha
nothing a good few sets of underwear won't sort out....
Imagine going to get your paper and seeing an engine ring in your front yard.
Too bad everyone didnt blow up
Very smart of controller to ask L or R turn. It makes a big difference in engine out situation.
And someone on avherald claiming it doesn’t make a difference, in the face of a former 777 instructor 🤷🏻♂️🙄
@Brokosa YF I wonder why an instructor would say that then.
It makes no difference in a 777.
Most EOP’s are straight ahead but places like Zurich and Hong Kong have immediate or low level turns. The whole “turning into a live engine” isn’t considered when you are 300 tons and 500ft off the ground.
Interesting - Captain Joe commented on the complexity of this in his video about the event. It does sound like it comes from training on smaller planes, but whether that applies here is apparently worthy of a whole other video!
@@mattscarf Yes he did and Capt. Joe is a real ATP. The United pilot immediately answered left which indicates knowledge. Turning into the good engine added a layer of safety which paid off handsomely.
For clarification, at United's first handoff, they say "mahalo" meaning thanks in Hawaiian. Just a nice touch from the flight crew that gets missed sometimes. Keep up the great vids!
Yes I caught that!
It’s a UA thing, many of our pilots will use aloha and mahalo when they’re operating Hawaii flights! We even use it in our gate announcements and final boarding calls
Excellent Victor! report inbound JB
I'm amazed how on top of this he is. Now waiting for YOUR video! lol. No pressure..
Thanks for being the voice of reason in a storm, as always, @blancolirio!
As soon as I heard the news, I rushed to Victor’s channel to get the audio. Looking forward to the JB report!
1.5 miles from my house are the parts to that engine
This looks like the cowling incident that killed that lady a year or so ago
One of the reasons for the recommended threefold "mayday, mayday, mayday" is to reduce the odds of another pilot keying up and blocking the frequency. Great job by all involved from the looks of it. Glad that the airplane landed safely.
@That's Life This is recommended communication strategy for every mayday, yes. But the rules also say that you should "communicate in a manner that best adresses the emergency without regard for other rules", so it's kinda up to ATC and the pilot what they wanna do.
There's always 7700 even if the entire message is stepped over
It’s also trading due to SOS Morse code
Kudos to the flight crew for getting back safely.
And kudos to the cabin crew for managing the emergency in regards to the PAX. There wasn't a single injury reported, neither during the emergency landing nor during evac.
Excellent Flight Controller - He immediately gave the pilot exactly what he needed without any questions - many times controllers talk too much and ask too many questions - This guy was perfect. If he ever sees this ... Thank You 🙏 Great Job.
Wow, post was up before the cowling hit the ground!!
90 minutes after landing, the passengers were on flight 3025, another 772, to HNL. Nice job to all involved.
gotta hand it to them to get right back on another aircraft after that:)
The professionalism of all involved really speaks volumes to their abilities! Great job to all involved.
What superb service from the Controller. Immediate action, no extraneous chat - all business: cleared 328 for whatever they wanted. Must have been very reassuring to a crew experiencing extreme pressure. Superb example of teamwork between crew and ground to get everyone down safely.
Holy hell that's a engine failure on steroids right there. I was expecting just a lost cowling or something, but then you showed the onboard video.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking, if the passengers on the right side of the aircraft would just like to close their window blinds, you'll thank me for it later"
Video from people on the ground filmed pieces falling from the sky. And onboard video of the safe landing, there was cheering. Not sure if they'll want to finish their trip to Hawaii. Being over ocean for a long time? Glad it happened over land
@@recoveringsoul755 There is a reason why takeoff and landings are most dangerous part of flying. Among other things, engines are not pushed as hard at cruise condition.
@@recoveringsoul755 Local news reported some people were able to catch a later flight, others decided flying wasn't such a great idea right now.
@@kevinm8051 I'd have a bad feeling about being over an ocean anyway, that would have been a sign to me
@@recoveringsoul755 But what are the chances of two failures like that in a row?
This is the ATC controller we need down in LA area. Amazing work ATC and pilots
We need to clone him 70,000 times and license him out to each authority.
It's amazing the engineering that goes into this, that even a full engine blowout doesn't mean an immediate danger to the craft or the souls on board. Hopefully everyone on ground are ok too.
Absolutely, remember, any plane can safely fly with 1 engine INOP, even if you lose 2, you don't just fall out of the sky.
@@812MSS actually it damaged part of the underside by the wing root. Glad everything turned out ok though!
@@joseanrodm9519 , me too. But it looked like they were still dealing with or had to endure severe vibration. Fortunately they also didn't have to deal with an excessive fuel load which could have lead to longer flight time, if they didn't want to exceed the landing weight limit.
@@weldonyoung1013 don't know about the 77, but most likely it would've been shut down.
At least on my aircraft it would've shut down. And also, there might be an overweight landing procedure in the 777 as there are in a couple models I know of
@@joseanrodm9519 well, except if those debris hit the wing or any structure of the plane, but good thing plane design has came a long way which make this a non-issue.
Textbook. Kudos to the flight crew and controllers.
Agreed wholeheartedly. Textbook, and a great demonstration for future safety/abnormals handling briefs.
You can hear the fire bell going off in the background on the first couple Mayday calls. Must have been a mighty pucker factor on the aircrew having to take care of that outside of a simulator.
A real pucker moment, and wake up call to all of your senses.
Took them too long to land that aircraft in my opinion. They could have easily made another earlier left turn to align with the runway unless they were dumping fuel?
@@JohnMbanaja its a long flight, probably heavy with fuel, probably overweight landing, need to run checklists for that
@@JohnMbanaja they have to run checklists which may include dumping fuel depending on the load. Suppressing fire, shutting down the engine, checking other systems all takes time.
@@JohnMbanaja They mentioned checklists a bunch of times. Presumably if the plane is flying well and no further developments, it's safer to take the time to check things out and plan the landing properly than it is to rush.
I gotta tell you, this is about as excellently and routinely handled as an engine emergency goes. Cutoff the fuel, shut it down, empty the FE bottles, declare an emergency, and get on the ground.
Audio from the video posted by a passenger indicates that the cabin seemed pretty calm, so the cabin crew did a great job keeping general calm. Pilots calmed once they got their checklists run and the aircraft under full positive control.
Aviate. Navigate. Communicate.
Beautifully executed, textbook engine failure handling from all involved.
A burning engine on a wing full of fuel for Hawaii is not a routine engine out. Large pieces falling on a park! I'm surprised the engine burned that long. But they all handled it well.
@@billfly2186 I wasn't referring to the actual emergency as routine. By definition, no emergency is routine. However, it was handled in such a way that made it routine. That's something that's drilled into us as pilots from Day 1. I amended my statement to avoid the ambiguity though, thanks!
@@billfly2186 the engine was not on fire. It was still running quite normally, it was just missing the cowling. The fact that the pilot didnt see the urgency to fly straight in and land confirms the engine was not on fire.
Take the cowling off any jet engine and you'll see the same.
@@sapsion That's incorrect. The fire seen in this video is located within the reverser bleed air duct, which has no direct access to the combustor or exhaust stages. No flame should be seen in this portion of the engine during flight. The pilot did not need to have any additional urgency for a variety of reasons, including the fact that aircraft are fully certified for flight on one engine. Beyond that, performance data would have been calculated for a return to the departing runway, and the pilot would be avoiding tailwind landings so as to not nullify the usefulness of remaining thrust.
You can also hear the EFS chime in the cockpit at 1:01. Once again, this is NOT normal engine operation.
@@TitanTankNate All good. I know what you meant.
That is the best controller voice I have ever heard.
He was exceedingly helpful.
Controller only wanted to say instructions once. Clear diction in the face of emergency= True Professional. Well done!
I would like your comment, but currently you have 69 likes. Nice
You can definitely hear the adrenaline rushing through the pilot doing the mayday call. Either way, they acted very professionally. Kudos to them.
Incredible professionalism. Hats off.
This just happened hours ago, how did you get it so fast...bravo
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@@VASAviation I saw a typo and thought "Who cares, VASAviation is amazing"
Seriously, I DM'd him about it on Twitter at 15:00PST (~20 minutes after the incident made it to Twitter) and he had the video up within the hour
@@VASAviation nobody seems to understand how to do that these days
"Finally time off to take a nice vacation to Honolulu..." -- VASAviation
Amazing job by the pilots and controllers. True professionals through and through.
Kudos to everyone involved, getting this aircraft back on the ground safely.
There's debris all over Broomfield, CO ... almost the entire outer casing of the engine blew off.
It'll take a BIG 'broom' to sweep that debris 'field' clear!!
In the video you could see debris falling off... hope no one was injured
@@dfonseka2120 so far no injuries reported
I was just there last month, I visit someone in Broomfield several times a year. Wonder where, exactly, this is!
It was scattered near the commons area by 136th
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I was near candelas today and watched this happen right over my head. The plane was trailing smoke and flames as it was turning back to the east and then the engine blew apart. There was a large boom and a puff of smoke. It was frightening I thought I was going to watch a plane crash right in front of me.
I have a family member who lives in the Broomfield/Westminster area, I was just there a few weeks ago myself. That must have been terrifying to see. Do you know exactly where this debris fell?
@@lisalu910 I was at soccer practice at the commons and debris fell over al over the artificial turf fields about 100ft from where I was practicing and in the neighborhood just west of the commons
1:01 Engine Fire Warning.
Well-observed, good ear.
Not a sound you would want to hear on freq
Chilling to hear that before the crew even could spell out a word!
2:05 is hard to listen.. Can you listen all of them without subtitle?
Vas is not effing around these days. Best AV comm streaming channel on the internet.
One day I will come here and find VASAviation is posting emergencies from 2025, before they even happened
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Passengers on this fight surely can appreciate how skillful those pilots
Big Sully energy with all the professionalism and tact by both the crew and controller here. Sounded like it didn't even faze them in the least. Hats off to everyone for setting the bar high here with a textbook example of how an emergency should be handled.
Most engine failures, you hear flight crew very composed even in the initial seconds afterward. From the passenger footage and pictures from the ground of the damage, and the bit of confusion in the first few seconds, you can tell this wasn't just a "regular" engine failure but totally uncontained. There must have been some serious, scary vibrations with this. Flight crew can't see the engine - totally reliant on EICAS warnings. Well done guys. As for VASAviation... is that less than 12 hours this time? Almost as quick reactions as the pilots! Nice. Saves us digging through FR24 and LiveATC archives :)
Anyone know where the blade(s) ended up? Looks like missed the aircraft luckily unlike the QF32 RR failure.
I think this counts as a contained failure, to be honest. The other video of the engine shows the engine looking pretty much intact, albeit with some oil fire coming out of the reverser buckets. But its still spinning, and still cylindrical, and there's no visible perforation, no loss of cabin pressure or hull perforation mentioned on the mayday call.
I wonder if the vibration of the wrecked engine fluttered the cowling loose enough that the slipstream pulled it off the aircraft.
Anyway, my understanding of an uncontained engine failure is one where the blades are flung out of the engine, which doesnt appear to be the case here.
@@C-beezy Yeah I guess we'll find out eventually, I was going to post something similar but then it looked to me like the fan was so out of balance that some blades must've come off - which then would explain the cowling coming off - but you're right even a contained failure is so violent it could cause the damage seen.
@@C-beezy There's an image on AV Herald which shows part of one fan blade missing.
I swear, you can hear when the pilots switch from "no checklists and get us a runway now" to "we have control, we're running our checklists."
I can speak from personal experience (albeit in a C172 under much less stressful conditions) that in an emergency once the training and muscle memory kicks in, the adrenaline and confidence of being prepared for an emergency really brings calm to your nerves. It's temporary though- bodies start shaking and sweating once feet touch the ground.
I think it was more like "get us a turn now." Taking off west out of DEN they're pointed right at the mountains. Might not have climb performance above terrain on the 1 engine.
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What maybe sounds like "panic" in the beginning is just task saturation. The pilots have to do so many things at once that the less important things are done quickly or not at all. And as we always say on this channel: Aviate, Navigate, Communicate - in that order!
I'm no expert, but it looks like the front fell off.
Underrated comment.
That's not very typical, I'd just like to make that point.
Probably compressor blade failure. Loss of cowling should not start a fire. Blade failure could blow off the cowling.
@@hardrockuniversity7283 looks like the entire nacelle
Cowling landed on someone's truck in their driveway
Thanks very much for sharing this. The professionalism is very good to listen to, and the fact all runways were essentially left to the pilot's discretion was a surprise but understandable.
Victor, Your channel is ranking right up there with Lockpicking Lawyer in interest and A++++++ content! Keep up the fantastic work!
Much, much better coverage than the other place. Outstanding work, Victor. Thank you.
I like how they took their time to run the checklists and not rush into making a hasty decision. Thanks for sharing.
The checklist would only take a few minutes to complete. They’d have to run their performance for a return to land overweight, and run the overweight landing checklist too. With an active fire on the plane, even if it is engine oil burning, it’s still wise to get it back on the ground.
Was near downtown and 328 flew right over me and you could tell that something was amiss. Checked FR24 and now Vas and now I know what happened. Thanks.
I'm not sure why, though having flown a few flying -Hondas- I mean cessnas, when ATC said "You let me know, and we'll make it happen" was so wholesome, that it legit brought a tear to my eye.
I'm glad everyone both in the air and on the ground appear to be okay as of the writing of this comment at 9:28pm EST on Feb. 20, 2021
ATC would have never extended that courtesy to a GA pilot lol. Would have probably scolded them for causing a disturbance
@@tech99070 Yes they would have. You declare an emergency, and ATC will do whatever they can to help you get on the ground safely.
This happened like 4 hours ago and it's already on here. Impressive.
At :23, the pilot says "Mahalo," since they are headed for Paradise.
So to speak
@@aviationandotherstuff6571 They filed the wrong "ALOHA" into the flight computer.
(Seriously, great job by the crew handling this emergency and getting everyone down safely.)
They use mahalo all the time at PHNL. The Pilot is probably a regular on the route. 🤙🏽
I caught that the second viewing. First time I heard what they sub-titles told me.
That's what I thought. He must have had Hawaii in his head already
Way to be on it!! I love this channel!!
Sending people here from the live feed in Broomfield CO.
We live just North and East of this area. Extremely fortunate that no one was hit by the falling debris. Recording from a local dog park, you can hear the impacts as the pieces land near the area. Front of the cowling landed right next to the front door of a home.
Awesome job by the pilots, maintaining their professionalism, going through their checklists, and landing safely.
Where, exactly, did it happen? I visit in the area often, trying to picture where the debris actually fell.
@@lisalu910 Around 136th and west of Sheridan. It is in Broomfield, along its north eastern border.
@@woodrax My son lives on the northeast side of Standley Lake, so between Broomfield and Westminster. I was just there a few weeks ago.
@@woodrax Anyway, it is a very populated area, and a miracle no one was hurt on the ground - OR on the plane, of course.
@@lisalu910 Indeed
Dude every time you are so fast, it's like you're listening to aircraft communications 24/7. Do you even sleep?
Could be done with a bot
@@noughyou2841 I'm telling you, ATC uses VASAviation's servers for communication.
@@srinitaaigaura FAA and NTSB as well
*Sshhh, he is the FAA actually*
Who is dude?
Tremendous job by the pilots and controllers. Training, experience, professionalism, and common sense converging to take this situation to its best possible resolution.
“Heavy” is the designation given for any flight on an aircraft rated at at least 300,000 lbs max takeoff weight (MTOW)
MGTOW? :-)
Maximum Gross Take Off Weight
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When I heard the news, immediately said my prayers and search your channel.
Love to see the very professional acting of both sides. Crew and ATC! ...
Thanks VASAviation!
The engine looks fine to me-it's turning and burning! (Seriously, nice job by the crew and ATC.)
Well co-operation by ATC, calmly, slowly, perfectly conversation with pilot at the end.
0:24 I love how the Pilot said “Mahalo” thinking he was going to Honolulu today
IDK why but I teared up real good listening to this. Such a wonderful example of collaboration and perseverance and triumph.
2:13. I've seen the photos of the debris fallen on the ground including the engine cowl and some still photos of the damaged engine while the plane was in the air. But that video tho! That blew my freakin' mind. The fact it stayed on the wing and didn't destroy the rest of the aircraft, caused any injury or death, and the plane landed safely is a miracle.
Believe it or not, even with the detonation and the vibration, the pylon and engine structures themselves are designed to withstand *catastrophic* forces without causing separation or additional damage to the airframe. Check out "Engine Blade-Off Testing" on youtube to see what I mean, and it will really wow you!
This is the first time I've seen you on trending! Congrats VAS!
The guy with the mashed-in truck cab and intake fairing on his front porch was cheerful enough.. He's just happy no one was hurt!
I am imagining the conversation he’s having with his homeowners insurance right now....
@@maxj0930 - Seen it, covered it.
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Thank you for posting this
N772UA a few days ago flew from DEN to VCV, probably on it's last ever flight.
The call at :23 seconds is 'United 328 heavy, Mahalo' not 'so long'. Mahalo is Hawaiian for Thank you. Love your videos keep it up!
Yes because they were on the way to hawaii. So cute. Well, until a few seconds later then it was sad...
Thank you VASA for this amazing coverage. Kudos to the pilots for getting that bird down and passengers all are okay.
Uh Denver there's a guy in 14F wearing a red VASA hat (Vector America Safe Again) throwing acorns in our engine while making a youtube video
Swear it wasn't me trying to create a mess :P
@@VASAviation "Hello officer // I'm fine, thanks for asking // The house was already on fire // I swear I'm not a liar" - your videos are amazing, quality and detail always on point. Hope you get some sleep sometimes, too!
bro you are insane, i had to look through multiple pages to even find any articles that know what they talking abt and u got this up that fast
Didn’t a United 777 already have this incident back in 2018 at Honolulu? Also a 777-222, also a PW engine...
See pinned comment
You can here the alarm in the cockpit on initial radio call after engine failure/fire.
Wow. You are extremely fast. Hopefully everyone is okay
Loved the demeanor of ATC - Very professionally handled by everyone
Did tou hear about the longtail aviation 747 that had a engine failure to 6 hours before United
Working on it
It toke off at maastricht, the netherlands, and lost engine parts over a town. 1 part got stuck in a car roof, another part injured a lady. The plane landed in Luik, belgium
@@VASAviation Thank you very much.
You got this up quickly, Victor! Just read about it in my news feed this afternoon. When I saw the debris, I thought yep! Uncontained engine failure and VASAviation will have it soon!
THERE'S A MAN OUT THERE!
Handled that situation like a pro. Both parties
Anyone else hear "Mahalo" from 328 when they were given the comm change to departure at 0:25? Little did the crew know, Hawaii wasn't happening for them today.
Gotta give kudos to the pilots! They kept calm, ran the checklist and flew the plane. ATC did an awesome job as well
The entire leading edge of that engine, a big circle, landed intact in someone's yard. Saw a pic of it in the NYT.
Yup, thats the inlet!
Was not expecting the video to be posted so quick! Good stuff! Glad everyone is safe.
Hat tip to the men and women of Boeing who engineered and built an aircraft that could suffer a catastrophic failure like this and still get everyone back on the ground safely.
They should have made it where it did not blow up in mid flight. But that is just my opinion.
@@christopherbriggs9526 Boeing didn’t make the engine smartypants
The engine is made by Pratt and Whitney
@@christopherbriggs9526 I'm sure those aerospace and mechanical engineers would love to hear your well-informed and educated feedback!
@@christopherbriggs9526 Could have been a FOD that entered the engine. On almost full power and then a large bird goes in, that Could make this happen, although rarely. The most important part is:
* Engine is not engulfed in flames.
* No severe damage to the aircraft (the cowling is there to contain the explosion)
* Lands safely with no injuries.
As designed. And if the failure is Huge, the cowling can actually rip apart (it is not made from one of Sandvik's Ultra Strength Steel, because that is too heavy).
It’s amazing that the cowl / leading edge came off and landed so intact, the engine pumps hot air into in to prevent ice forming at the entrance to the engine, it’s the big sivker ring that landed on the dudes truck if you watch the media reports.
Crazy flight! Well done by the crew and ATC getting her down
Kudos to the pilots, crew, and controllers for getting it safely on the ground!
The professionalism of the pilots is outstanding. Calm, cool, collected and performing required checklists and procedures. This is how lives are saved. Great job.
Impressive how quickly you can put together something like this. Well done!
@Hello Jim how are you doing?
Catastrophic engine failure, but engine containment looks like it worked, the shroud is intact despite the massive damage. Engine containment systems keep the high energy fan blades inside the engine shell, but the cowling can be badly damaged and parts fall off. Looks like one of the fan blades is missing, and the engine looks to have an out-of-balance oscillation from the missing blade. I suspect the fire is actually from moving metal parts friction causing oil ignition, not fuel going in the engine. There is an emergency shut off valve that would cut all lines and electrical to engine, so no fuel would be flowing. My observations.
Great job, Victor. Juan gave a good briefing and you were highlighted.
I was at the airport and saw that 777 at the gate and pushing back, insane
@Pete Melon Really? You'd have been un-phased about something like that? I do understand your point but still...
@@condor7964 I mean check out the videos on the channel airplanes have problems literally all the time
BFD
Great job getting this video/audio up and great job by all those involved
Great video 😁 glad everything went well and they got back to the ground safe
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THANK YOU VAS for uploading this. Was waiting to hear the ATC on this after hearing about it on the News.
This was like one of the first 777s ever built
Amazing professionalism from the pilots and ATC.
Great job VAS in getting this up so quickly, send it off to FOX and CNN.
To FOX sure, but CNN will say that it was a Cessna 172.
@@andytaylor1588 CNN will blame Trump
@@dopiaza2006 and Fox, Newsmax and OANN will blame Biden. What’s your point? All mainstream media is unnecessarily polarizing. Every mainstream media company wants its sheep to think THEY are “fair and balanced” and everyone else is the crazies. The fact is that they are all the crazies - and yes, if you are a “fan” or patron of ANY mainstream media (including ANY television channel - they are ALL mainstream in this regard), even your favorite one is part of this gross polarizing culture that puts people against each other. Think for yourself instead.
@@andytaylor1588 Fox blamed it on Dems.
Gosh, you do good work, fast. I just realized when I read about an aviation situation, I basically RELY on VASAviation to have a nice presentation on it. You've earned another patron on patreon!