The latest news is that something happened to the Boeing plane again! It is said that the plane caught fire directly in the air. Is that true? Why is this happening? On April 29, a Boeing 767-200er airliner of Zimbabwe Airlines caught fire in the air. On the evening of the 28th local time, witnesses said the plane's engine was emitting flames in the air.
According to South Africa's local website, a Boeing 767 airliner with the flight number of um642 from Johannesburg To Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, had an engine fire in the air on the night of April 28 local time. According to the video released by netizens on social media, the flame is constantly blowing out from an engine of the plane.
Alfred mathekga, a spokesman for the South African airport company, said: 'we have received calls from more than 20 residents in the Kempton park area where Johannesburg International Airport is located, who said they saw a plane on fire. The report said the plane had a slight fire and had been manually extinguished by the crew. '
British "sun" reported that the previous news that the flight was forced to return to Johannesburg Airport emergency landing, but Zimbabwe Airlines said the fire did not affect the normal operation of the flight. According to a statement issued by the airline, "the engine of the Boeing 767-200er flight um642 failed, resulting in a short-term tail pipe fire.". The failure did not threaten the safety of the crew and passengers. The aircraft continued to fly and landed safely at Harare airport. '
The airline later released a message that the failure did not affect the normal operation of the aircraft, the cause of the fire is under investigation. At the same time, it said, 'the engineer has carried out the necessary inspections and will issue the investigation report in due time. '