Air carriers should be required to develop or revise emergency checklist procedures for dealing with engine fires on the ground to quickly address the fire hazard and evacuate the airplane, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says.
The safety recommendation to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was one of nine recommendations issued earlier this week as a result of the NTSB’s investigation of an Oct. 28, 2016, uncontained engine failure and subsequent fire in an American Airlines Boeing 767 during its takeoff ground roll at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.
The flight crew rejected the takeoff and stopped the airplane on the runway. One of the 170 passengers and crewmembers was seriously injured during the subsequent emergency evacuation, and 20 people received minor injuries. The airplane was substantially damaged.
The NT…
