Plane engine that caught fire on United Airlines flight over Denver has Air Canada #5494. [31], On February 22, 2021, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt announced that the damage to the fan blade is consistent with metal fatigue, according to a preliminary assessment. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. The NTSB determined that a fan blade fractured from a pre-existing metal fatigue crack that had been slowly propagating since 2010, leading to the failure. Want more airline-specific news? The debris landed thousands of feet below and narrowly missed a home in Broomfield, Colorado. Need to turn immediately.". Prices and availability are subject to change. B. KHON2 reached out to United for comment but has not received a response. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit. Where Does United Fly? United Airlines Interactive Route Map Get $200 back in statement credits each year on prepaid Fine Hotels + Resorts or The Hotel Collection bookings, which requires a minimum two-night stay, through American Express Travel when you pay with your Platinum Card. More seats, sound proofing slated for Waikiki Shell, Additional raised crosswalks pop up across Oahu, Strange lights in Hawaii sky have locals scrambling, LIST: The 10 most booked restaurants on Maui, Two men sentenced in Maui hate crime case from 2014, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. United flight 328 was just minutes into its flight from Denver (DEN) to Honolulu (HNL) when the Number 2 engine, located on the starboard side of the aircraft, appeared to have caught fire. The plane quickly began to lose altitude. Nobody was reported injured on the flight or on the ground. The lack of training resulted in the inspector making an incorrect evaluation of an indication that resulted in a blade with a crack being returned to service where it eventually fractured, the report stated. Effective August 1, 2021, United Airlines will offer a complimentary snack or meal on its longer Hawaiian flights. 1. TPG values it at $1,600. Airport Name. (DEN Departures) Track the current status of flights departing from (DEN) Denver International Airport using FlightStats flight tracker (DEN) Denver International Airport Departures 02-Mar-2023 . The crew secured the failed engine, and the aircraft returned to Denver using the remaining working engine, landing without further incident 24 minutes after takeoff at 13:28 local time. Passenger video shows terrifying moment engine of United Flight 328 was United Airlines Flight 328 Passenger: Plane 'Was Shuddering' After Video shows massive pieces of plane debris falling on a Denver suburb after a flight headed to Hawaii suffered catastrophic engine failure. The move follows United's earlier sandwich "trials" on select Hawaii flights in 2019 and . There was fire and that whole big ring around the engine flew off. The Hawaiian islands, comprised of over 137 volcanic islands but eight primary ones, offer everything a vacationer can dream up - a cosmopolitan city in Honolulu and hundreds of the world's best beaches, hiking and more throughout the islands. [9] An NTSB structures engineer and two investigators from the NTSB's Denver office collected fallen debris with local law enforcement and safety agencies over several days immediately after the incident. Jin Air returned its first 777 to service on Jun 12 2022.