ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187660
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| Date: | 27-MAY-2016 |
| Time: | 12:38 JST |
| Type: | Boeing 777-3B5 |
| Owner/operator: | Korean Air Lines |
| Registration: | HL7534 |
| C/n / msn: | 27950/120 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 319 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Tokyo International Airport/Haneda (HND/RJTT) -
 Japan
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tokyo International Airport/Haneda (HND/RJTT) |
| Seoul/Gimpo International Airport (GMP/RKSS) | |
| Investigating agency: | Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB) - Japan |
Korean Air Lines' Boeing 777-3B5 performing flight KAL/KE2708 from Tokyo/Haneda, Japan to Seoul/Gimpo, South Korea rejected takeoff on the runway 34R of Haneda due to No.1 engine fire. The airplane stopped on the runway at the intersection C5, about 1500m down of 3360m long runway , with spread debris and trace of the brakes in the last 700m. All 319 onboard were evacuated on the runway with emergency slides from right side doors. According to the TV news videos, the lower aft portion of the No.1 engine (PW4098) cowling was missing, and the leaked fuel burned on the runway surface. The fire was extinguished within 30 minutes. No serious injuries were found among 302 passengers and 17 crew members, however, about 30 persons felt bad, and 19 had medical treatments for smoke inhalation and/or bruises during evacuation, 12 sent to hospital. The accident runway were closed for five and a half hours, and three remaining runways were also closed for two hours. This incident caused more than 400 of other commercial flights to be cancelled, as well as many more diversions, delays and returns to the destination. According to Korean Air Lines, the problem engine had replaced in November 2014. JTSB launched investigation as an serious incident.
The weather reports at the time of the accident (12:38JST/03:38UTC):
RJTT 270330Z 06020KT 9999 FEW008 SCT013 BKN018 19/18 Q1009
TEMPO FEW005 BKN008 RMK 1CU008 3CU013 6CU018 A2980=
RJTT 270400Z 06021KT 9999 -SHRA FEW008 SCT020 BKN060 19/17
Q1009 NOSIG RMK 1CU008 4CU020 7SC060 A2979=
Sources:
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20160527/k10010537171000.html
http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye2783606.html
http://www.news24.jp/articles/2016/05/27/07331226.html
http://www.fnn-news.com/news/headlines/articles/CONN00325945.html
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160527-00000003-rescuenow-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160527-00000051-asahi-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160527-00000041-mai-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160527-00000046-mai-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160527-00000089-asahi-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160527-00000128-asahi-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160527-00000116-mai-soci
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2016 06:10 | isamuel | Added |
| 27-May-2016 06:18 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 27-May-2016 07:56 | isamuel | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2016 10:24 | isamuel | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2016 15:08 | isamuel | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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