Turbine engine failure Archives

United Airlines Flight Depressurizes And Drops 28,000 Feet In Ten Minutes

Photo: Thierry Monasse (Getty Images) A United Airlines flight across the Atlantic Ocean was forced to plunge 28,000 feet over ten minutes due to a cabin pressurization issue yesterday. Modern …

A Boeing 737 Plane Engine Caught On Fire Mid-Flight Over Texas

by Horatio Thompson

A Boeing 737 traveling from Houston to Cancun suffered a major mechanical failure minutes after take off on Tuesday, forcing the passenger plane to return to Hobby Airport so passengers …