Korean Air Flight 2708

Korean Air Flight 2708
HL7534, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in 2009
Accident
Date 27 May 2016 (2016-05-27)
Summary Uncontained engine failure on take-off
Site Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan
Aircraft
Aircraft type Boeing 777-3B5
Operator Korean Air
IATA flight No. KE2708
ICAO flight No. KAL2708
Call sign KOREAN AIR 2708
Registration HL7534
Flight origin Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan
Destination Gimpo Airport, Seoul, South Korea
Occupants 319
Passengers 302
Crew 17
Fatalities 0
Injuries 12
Survivors 319 (all)

On 27 May 2016, a Boeing 777-300 of Korean Air, operating as Korean Air Flight 2708[1] from Haneda Airport in Tokyo to Seoul's Gimpo International Airport, was accelerating for take off when its left engine suffered an uncontained failure and a substantial fire ensued. The crew aborted the take-off, and after the aircraft came to a stop the fire was extinguished by the airport emergency services. All 319 passengers and crew were evacuated; 12 occupants were injured.[2][3]

Aircraft

The aircraft operating Flight 2708 was a Boeing 777-3B5[lower-alpha 1] equipped with two Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines, registered HL7534, serial number 27950. The 120th Boeing 777 produced, it first flew on 4 February 1998 and was delivered new to Korean Air on 28 December 1999[4].

Accident

As the aircraft was taking off from Runway 34R at Tokyo Haneda, the pilots heard a loud bang coming from the left. The pilots aborted the takeoff and the aircraft came to a stop, whereupon an evacuation commenced. All the occupants escaped but 12 passengers were injured and were taken to a hospital near the airport. Incoming flights were diverted to Tokyo's Narita International Airport and to Osaka. The airport firefighters quickly extinguished the fire.

Investigation

The Japan Transport Safety Board, Korea Aviation Accident Investigation Board, and the United States National Transportation Safety Board all investigated the accident, with assistance from experts in South Korea and the United States. On 30 May 2016, investigators revealed that the rear turbine blades on the left (number one) Pratt & Whitney PW4098 engine had "shattered", with fragments piercing the engine cover. Fragments were subsequently found on the runway. The engine's front turbine blades and compressor were intact and free of abnormalities, and investigators found no evidence of a bird strike.[5] As of June 2016, the investigation into the cause of the accident was still ongoing.[6]

The aircraft was repaired and returned to service with Korean Air.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The aircraft is a Boeing 777-300 model; Boeing assigns a unique customer code for each company that buys one of its aircraft, which is applied as an infix in the model number at the time the aircraft is built. The code for Korean Air is "B5", hence "777-3B5".

References

  1. ↑ "KE2708 Flight, Korean Air, Tokyo to Seoul". www.flightr.net. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  2. ↑ "BREAKING Korean Air Boeing 777-300 #KE2708 evacuated at Haneda Airport in Tokyo after engine fire". Air Live Net. 27 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Accident: Korean B773 at Tokyo on May 27th 2016, rejected takeoff due to engine fire". The Aviation Herald.
  4. ↑ "Korean Air HL7534 (Boeing 777 - MSN 27950)". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Japan, U.S., S. Korea begin joint probe of Korean Air jet accident". Kyodo News. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Cause of dramatic Singapore Air 777 fire could take months to figure out". USA Today. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
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