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Takeoff Rejected After Uncontained A300 Engine Failure In Colombia
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Shortly after midnight, a Transcarga International Airways Airbus A300-B4 freighter rejected takeoff from Bogotá following an uncontained engine failure. Initial reports say that the engine’s rotor disk ejected, sending pieces of metal onto a neighboring road. The pilots brought the plane to a standstill, and no one was injured as a result.
A Transcarga Airbus A300 rejected takeoff after suffering an uncontained engine failure at Bogotá International Airport on Thursday. Photo: Felipe Escalona / Aviacion PTY
Loud explosion prompted rejection
The 37-year old aircraft, with registration YV560T, was operating Flight T9-1527 from Bogotá, Colombia, to Caracas, Venezuela, when its left-hand General Electric CF6 engine suffered an uncontained failure. It was accelerating along El Dorado International Airport’s runway 31L at 00:30 local time, when there was a loud explosion.