Final Report DCA15FA18: B772 (G-VIIO), Las Vegas NV USA, 8 Sep 2015

Final Report DCA15FA18: B772 (G-VIIO), Las Vegas NV USA, 8 Sep 2015

Publication info
Author
NTSB (USA)
Category
Airworthiness Human Factors Fire Smoke and Fumes
Date of publication
19/06/2018

On 8 September 2015, a catastrophic uncontained failure of a GE90-85B engine on a Boeing 777-200 taking off from Las Vegas was immediately followed by a rejected takeoff. A fuel-fed fire took hold and a successful emergency evacuation was completed. The Investigation traced the failure to a fatigue crack in the high pressure compressor well within the manufacturers estimated crack initiation life and appropriate revisions to risk management have followed. The main operational risk concern of the Investigation was the absence of any procedural distinction in crew emergency responses for engine fires beginning in the air or on the ground.

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