A Philippine Airlines jet with flames spurting from one engine returned safely to Los Angeles International Airport shortly after takeoff.
Flight 113 landed safely after the aircraft was seen spewing flames from one its engines shortly after takeoff in Los Angeles.
Flight 113, a Boeing 777 bound for Manila, reported a problem with the right engine after takeoff. It turned around and landed at about noon, said Ian Gregor of the“All 342 passengers and 18 crew members are safe and were able to disembark from the airplane using regular airstairs,” Philippine Airlines said in a statement.Passengers and people on the ground videotaped repeated blasts of flame coming from the right engine of the Boeing 777 minutes after takeoff.
Andrew Ames was a passenger in a car speeding down a freeway near the airport when he got a video of the plane. “It went on for about 20 seconds of repeated fire and then it just stopped and I saw the plane start to veer hard to the left more than normal,” Ames said. “It looked like it was turning around.”An air traffic controller observed a “compressor stall” on the plane and told a Skywest aircraft on the ground to turn.
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