Korean 777 catches fire while taxiing

[Mogul]

Fire forces Tokyo plane evacuation

Another Boeing 777 catches fire while taxiing.

 

[Himeno]

What other 777 taxi/runway fires have there been? All I can think off is BA2276 at LAS.

HND airport being closed... Wonder if QF25/26 is operating today. Almost every domestic flight remaining for HND departure today is showing on the HND site as cancelled or "checkin stop" Most arrivals after 1250 are showing as diverted or cancelled.
International side is showing flights as TBA or check in. In bound long internationals after 1300 have gone to KIX or NRT.

This is KE2708 HND-GMP

 

[dajop]

What other 777 taxi/runway fires have there been? All I can think off is BA2276 at LAS.

Depends on whether you include fires at the gate, when pax already boarded. If so, include Egypt Air flight MS667 from CAI to JED, where the coughpit of a 772 caught fire at the gate.

 

[Himeno]

Depends on whether you include fires at the gate, when pax already boarded. If so, include Egypt Air flight MS667 from CAI to JED, where the coughpit of a 772 caught fire at the gate.

4 777 hull losses, 1 due to fire (electrical fault), 1 missing, 1 engine failure on final approach and 1 shot down. 2 fires while taxiing/take off. The last was an engine failure.
This one appears to have been engine failure as well. Looks to be less damage then BA2276.

 

[dajop]

4 777 hull losses, 1 due to fire (electrical fault), 1 missing, 1 engine failure on final approach and 1 shot down. 2 fires while taxiing/take off. The last was an engine failure.
This one appears to have been engine failure as well. Looks to be less damage then BA2276.

5 actually you are missing landing short of the runway due to pilot error.

So this one (irrespective of hull loss or not) makes #3 incidents with fires on the ground at an airport with a full load of passengers on board.

 

[Quickstatus]

What other 777 taxi/runway fires have there been? All I can think off is BA2276 at LAS.

HND airport being closed... Wonder if QF25/26 is operating today. Almost every domestic flight remaining for HND departure today is showing on the HND site as cancelled or "checkin stop" Most arrivals after 1250 are showing as diverted or cancelled.
International side is showing flights as TBA or check in. In bound long internationals after 1300 have gone to KIX or NRT.

This is KE2708 HND-GMP

HND has 4 runways, unfortunately KE2708 was on 34R which is the longest at 3400m

Perhaps some flights will still be able to operate from the shorter runways (wind, noise operational reasons might be issues as well)

 

[mannej]

5 actually you are missing landing short of the runway due to pilot error.

So this one (irrespective of hull loss or not) makes #3 incidents with fires on the ground at an airport with a full load of passengers on board.

It took me a while to remember the Asiana accident at SFO.

 

[Himeno]

HND has 4 runways, unfortunately KE2708 was on 34R which is the longest at 3400m

Perhaps some flights will still be able to operate from the shorter runways (wind, noise operational reasons might be issues as well)

It looks like they got flights moving again within 3 hours. Other then some inbound international diversions, the international side hasn't been impacted. Lots of domestic cancellations and delays with flights moving again by around 1600.

 

[Flying Fox]

Happy that everyone is safe.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Haneda-Airport-engine-fire-flight-KE2708.html

Some nice pics too.

 

[codash1099]

Maybe the old statement about Boeing should be amended to " if it's Boeing, I ain't going"!!!

 

[mushez]

I was laughing when I was reading one news outlet this morning saying this "Boeing 777 was almost at full speed when fire started"

 

[jb747]

Fire forces Tokyo plane evacuation

Another Boeing 777 catches fire while taxiing.

Ah, the dreaded 110 knot taxi....

 

[PaulST]

What actually would have happened of there was a fire like this in the air? I'm guessing an alarm would go off (how do they detect a fire btw?), engine would be turned off, fuel stopped and the wind would extinguish any fire?

 

[Quickstatus]

What actually would have happened of there was a fire like this in the air? I'm guessing an alarm would go off (how do they detect a fire btw?), engine would be turned off, fuel stopped and the wind would extinguish any fire?

Aircraft systems: Boeing 777 Aircraft Fire Detection and Extinguishing System

There are fire detection systems in the engine and also fire extinguishers.

There are specific checklists for this event (and others). This is apparently one from the BA fire at LAS: