Engine fire forces jet to land in Saskatoon

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The Canadian Press

May 22, 2008 at 12:15 PM EDT

SASKATOON — The pilot of a Canadian Northern Airlines Boeing 737 was forced to make a landing at the Saskatoon airport this morning while one of the plane's engines was on fire.

Saskatoon police say they were called to the airport at about 1:30 a.m.

Airport authorities extinguished the blaze on the starboard engine.

The five crew and 102 passengers were not injured and were taken to the air terminal to wait for lodgings to be arranged.

The chartered aircraft Flight 1714 had departed from the Fort McMurray area and was scheduled to land in Saskatoon before continuing on to Montreal.

Transport Canada is investigating the cause of the fire.


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[Pratt X 3]

The pilot of a Canadian Northern Airlines Boeing 737 was forced to make a landing at the Saskatoon airport this morning...

...was scheduled to land in Saskatoon...

Gee, sounds like this pilot had a handful...single pilot on the 737. And was it really a forced landing if they were scheduled to land at that airport?

[Tim]

Gee, sounds like this pilot had a handful...single pilot on the 737. And was it really a forced landing if they were scheduled to land at that airport?

The crew landed with the plane on fire and everybody was fine...how it's worded doesn't really matter.

[ever]

Thats what all the fuss was about last night...glad to hear everything turned out OK.

[60N30W]

Was the engine on fire at the time of landing or did they have an engine fire, and after shutting it down,etc..the fire went out?

Regards,

60N30W

[motox415]

No engine fire! Short final eng had high vibes and EGT increase. Shut engine down after landing. Once again the media are full of Shite.

[100LL]

NO FIRE??? If there wasn't a fire wouldn't that have been corrected in the 2nd narrative?? If the engine wasn't on fire would AARF have pretended to put it out 24 minutes after the aircraft landed. Will be interesting to see this one play out. Good to hear everyone is OK. Anyone know how bad the damage is to the AC??


Occurrence Type: Incident Occurrence Date: 2008/05/22
Occurrence Time: 0721 Z Day Or Night: night-time
Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0

Canadian Aerodrome ID: CYXE Aerodrome Name: Saskatoon/John G. Diefenbaker Intl
Occurrence Location: Saskatoon/John G. Diefenbaker Intl (CYXE) Province: Saskatchewan
Country: CANADA World Area: North America

Reported By: NAV CANADA AOR Number: 93952-V2
TSB Class Of Investigation: 3 TSB Occurrence No.: A08C0108
Event InformationAerodrome or runway shutdown
Declared emergency/priority
Engine failure
Engine shut down
Fire - engine
Aircraft InformationFlight #:
Aircraft Category: Aeroplane Country of Registration: CANADA
Make: BOEING Model: 737 217
Year Built: 1982 Amateur Built: No
Engine Make: PRATT & WHITNEY-USA Engine Model: JT8D-17A
Engine Type: Turbo fan Gear Type: Land
Phase of Flight: Approach Damage: Unknown
Owner: CANADIAN NORTH INC. Operator: CANADIAN NORTH INC. (12463)
Operator Type: Commercial

Detail InformationUser Name: Beauchamp, Carol
Date: 2008/05/22
Further Action Required: Yes
O.P.I.: Maintenance & Manufacturing
Narrative: MPE1714 declared an emergency on short final due to a right engine fire/failure. ARFF Advised. Aircraft landed at 0721Z and shut down on runway 15/33. Passengers and crew evacuated safely. ARFF extinguished fire at approximately 0745Z. Aircraft was towed off runway at 0950Z. Runway 15/33 closed until 1002Z. ARFF CAT6 reduced to CAT0 from 0745Z-0950Z.

User Name: Beauchamp, Carol
Date: 2008/05/22
Further Action Required: Yes
O.P.I.: Maintenance & Manufacturing
Narrative: UPDATE A08C0108: The Boeing 737-217 operated as flight MPE1714, was on final approach to runway 15 when the crew observed a vibration indication from the right engine. Shortly afterward the right engine failed (Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A). The crew declared an emergency and landed on runway 15. The aircraft was shutdown on the runway and a fire in the right engine was extinguished by ARFF. Crew and passengers carried out a rapid deplanement using the aircraft airstairs without injury. TSB investigators have deployed to the scene.

[Widow]

CADORS Number: 2008C1552 Reporting Region: Prairie & Northern

Occurrence InformationOccurrence Type: Incident Occurrence Date: 2008/05/22
Occurrence Time: 0721 Z Day Or Night: night-time
Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0

Canadian Aerodrome ID: CYXE Aerodrome Name: Saskatoon/John G. Diefenbaker Intl
Occurrence Location: Saskatoon/John G. Diefenbaker Intl (CYXE) Province: Saskatchewan
Country: CANADA World Area: North America

Reported By: NAV CANADA AOR Number: 93952-V2
TSB Class Of Investigation: 3 TSB Occurrence No.: A08C0108
Event InformationAerodrome or runway shutdown
Declared emergency/priority
Engine failure
Engine shut down
Fire - engine
Aircraft InformationFlight #:
Aircraft Category: Aeroplane Country of Registration: CANADA
Make: BOEING Model: 737 217
Year Built: 1982 Amateur Built: No
Engine Make: PRATT & WHITNEY-USA Engine Model: JT8D-17A
Engine Type: Turbo fan Gear Type: Land
Phase of Flight: Approach Damage: Unknown
Owner: CANADIAN NORTH INC. Operator: CANADIAN NORTH INC. (12463)
Operator Type: Commercial

Detail InformationUser Name: Beauchamp, Carol
Date: 2008/05/22
Further Action Required: Yes
O.P.I.: Maintenance & Manufacturing
Narrative: MPE1714 declared an emergency on short final due to a right engine fire/failure. ARFF Advised. Aircraft landed at 0721Z and shut down on runway 15/33. Passengers and crew evacuated safely. ARFF extinguished fire at approximately 0745Z. Aircraft was towed off runway at 0950Z. Runway 15/33 closed until 1002Z. ARFF CAT6 reduced to CAT0 from 0745Z-0950Z.

User Name: Beauchamp, Carol
Date: 2008/05/22
Further Action Required: Yes
O.P.I.: Maintenance & Manufacturing
Narrative: UPDATE A08C0108: The Boeing 737-217 operated as flight MPE1714, was on final approach to runway 15 when the crew observed a vibration indication from the right engine. Shortly afterward the right engine failed (Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A). The crew declared an emergency and landed on runway 15. The aircraft was shutdown on the runway and a fire in the right engine was extinguished by ARFF. Crew and passengers carried out a rapid deplanement using the aircraft airstairs without injury. TSB investigators have deployed to the scene.

Please note that for the most part, CADORS reports contain preliminary, unconfirmed data which can be subject to change.

[Arthur Q]

I'm sorry, but did I miss something? Widow why did you put up the exact same information as 100LL has?

[matrix]

I'm sorry, but did I miss something? Widow why did you put up the exact same information as 100LL has?

Probably to point out this little nugget:

Please note that for the most part, CADORS reports contain preliminary, unconfirmed data which can be subject to change.

[Widow]

Actually, 100LL posted it a minute before I did ... somehow I didn't notice. My bad.

[CAL]

anyone know why the engine quit?

[Sasky]

Union break.

[Cold_Lake_Hvy]

Hence the reason why 4engines=Keep pressing and 2engines=declare. But with that said, an engine fire is always a challenge, but bet you the F/O probably learnt a chunck..or 2.

[FICU]

No fire.. engine severe damage... high vibs with EGT increase at 600 feet AGL... no fire light or bell... crew shut down the engine.

Due to the heat from the engine destroying itself there was smoke so CFR crews foamed the engine.

The CFR crews did not "extinguish the blaze" as the media has reported, they foamed as a precaution.

[Mitch Cronin]

Swallow a bird at 600 ft?

[Expat]

Swallow a bird at 600 ft?

...migrating season...

[FICU]

Swallow a bird at 600 ft?

That's what I figured too but haven't heard it mentioned.

[Arthur Q]

Swallow a bird at 600 ft?

I think a swallow remains a bird at any altitude...

[ATG]

Mitch Cronin wrote:
Swallow a bird at 600 ft?


I think a swallow remains a bird at any altitude...

WoW
hahaha

[leftcoaster]

is that an african or european swallow?

[Mitch Cronin]

I think a swallow remains a bird at any altitude...

.... well, not after it's ingested into the core of a running CFM it doesn't. But, to give them instant vib and high egt, - if it was indeed a bird, I'd wager it was larger than a swallow... Besides, those little guys usually stay low enough to eat bugs.

[Firebird]

CdnNorth and CFM....?? Must have bought a new A/C type.

[Cat Driver]

A lot depends on where you are what words mean, bird and swallow in England might mean something entirely different.

[Mitch Cronin]

... lol... was thinkin' wj for some reason.. . ...still, jt8, same result for the bird if that's what it was.