Frontier Airlines jet appears to catch fire while landing at Las Vegas airport, FAA and NTSB investigating
Frontier Airlines jet appears to catch fire while landing at Las Vegas airport, FAA and NTSB investigating
The aircraft landed safely and all passengers and crew were evacuated.
The aircraft landed safely and all passengers and crew were evacuated.
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A ground stop is in effect until 7 p.m. and the Federal Aviation Administration is continuing to investigate.
Looks like a landing gear fire. Before it gets asked, no that's not a Boeing 737. Frontier's fleet consists entirely of Airbus A32x aircraft.
I recently had a terrible experience flying with them (delayed flights on a last-minute trip to a funeral over Labor Day weekend) but one thing I felt better about was that it was at least not Boeing.
But there was smoke in the cabin and it sounded like the pilots were wearing masks a FL34? Electrical fire?
Someone commented on another video that they saw the Ram Air Turbine extended. So they would've lost power, supporting your electrical fire theory. Also it seems extending the RAT disables some safeguards, that can cause the wheels to lock and catch fire.
The other video: https://youtu.be/EPiNC5JpEYs
From the picture, looks like a fire on one of the wheels. I'm guessing something about the brakes. The article described it as a "hard landing", so maybe something broke and jammed, then caught fire from friction.
Shit happens, especially with a lot of flights every day. Truck brakes catch fire sometimes too. This isn't particularly unusual.
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This doesn't seem safe.
Safe is relative. Air travel is safer than a rocket car, less safe than staying home. Generally the risk is acceptable, especially since the rate of injury per passenger-mile is lower than driving.
That right engine looks like it's hanging down on the front end. Maybe some bolts came loose or the fire melted a mount?
Looks like the right main gear is on fire, meaning there’s no tire, that would drop the right wing down
Just the front of the engine? Because that's what it looks like to me ... that the rear of the engine is still attached to the wing, but the front of it is sagging.
Well if you want to be on the frontier, blazing new trails is certainly required.