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Air France Airbus A380 Suffers Major Engine Damage Forced to Divert

September 30, 2017 Air_France_Airbus_A380-800
FighterSweep Staff No Comments Commercial Aviation, News, Photos, Video

An Air France flight suffered major engine damage during a flight schedule to go to Los Angeles.

An Air France flight bound for Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing in Newfoundland, Canada Saturday afternoon after one of the aircraft’s engines blew out over the Atlantic Ocean.

Passengers on the Airbus A380 tweeted pictures of the damaged engine, with one man saying he felt a “loud thud and a lot of vibration.” – Fox News

 

Inflight pictures. Loud thud and a lot of vibration. pic.twitter.com/s9GFIyssrh

— Rick Engebretsen (@RickEngebretsen) September 30, 2017

Featured image by Wikicommons

 

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