Swiss Air Flight's Engine Fails, Catches Fire During Takeoff In Delhi, 6 Injured

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Familiar-Estimate336@reddit

How did 6 people get injured? Burnt or injury while evacuating?

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Evacuating via slides almost always causes at least some injuries. Might be broken bones and sprained joints, might just be friction burns from the slides (if you don't keep your arms in front of your body while sliding), or getting hurt while rushing to the exits with masses of panicked people around you. The plane didn't catch fire, just one engine blew during the takeoff roll, so these injuries are likely just due to the evacuation.

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William_Shaftner@reddit

Flight No. LX147, an Airbus A330 (for anyone wondering)

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qdp@reddit

Ah yes the Boeing Airbus A330 Max.

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WetChickenLips@reddit

Didn't even have to click the article to know it wasn't a Boeing. Headline would've said so if it was.

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Aquur@reddit

“Shortly after takeoff” “The crew rejected the takeoff”

Which one is it?

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bonfraier@reddit

They rejected after airborne, that's why there are 6 injured.

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OverPing80@reddit

There's no such thing as a rejected take off after airborne

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bonfraier@reddit

That's the joke.jpeg

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OverPing80@reddit

my bad

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bonfraier@reddit

Not a very popular joke either

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DudeIsAbiden@reddit

I guess it just didn't fly

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roehnin@reddit

Rejecting after airborn is just a crash.

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krodders@reddit

The aircraft began takeoff roll.

One engine "exploded and caught fire"

The crew rejected takeoff and brought the aircraft to a safe stop

The crew evaluated the situation and elected to evacuate the aircraft via the slides. For the pax unable to use slides, stairways were provided.

Six pax were injured during the evacuation. This is not unusual - leaving an aircraft via a blowup slide is risky

Also elephant in room says "Address me"

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IcyTable6584@reddit

The latter

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lewisfairchild@reddit

Dude what is up with the equipment issues in India recently?

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isaacladboy@reddit

Testament to the skill of the Swiss air flight attendants to get all the assistance needing passengers off.

You goto Gandhi international and there’s queues of wheelchair users at every gate. This could have been horrendous.

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PotatoFeeder@reddit

Queues of jetway jesuses*

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isaacladboy@reddit

I dunno there name, I can’t image they are all called jesus

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PotatoFeeder@reddit

Google jetway jesus

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newhunter18@reddit

I think the point is that in India Jesus is likely not the "bringer of miracles"

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jetBlast350@reddit

Based on the videos on X, appears to be MLG that caught on fire (firefighters aiming under the fuselage), likely from overheated breaks if it was a high speed RTO.

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planespotterhvn@reddit

Coffee or lunch break? Why was it overheated? The political discussion topics or the melted cheese snacks?

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bcb1200@reddit

Swiss Air went out of business in 2001

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CardboardTick@reddit

Swiss Air what is now just Swiss got bought out by Lufthansa group. Anyways, I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. You’re not wrong.

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bcb1200@reddit

False. Swissair went defunct. A new company was started, Swiss International Airlines. While it bought the assets of SwissAir it was not SwissAir.

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samstown23@reddit

Sort of. Swissair was taken over by the already existing Crossair and then restructured to become Swiss International Airlines.

Swiss still has Crossair's IATA Code LX

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neha1296@reddit

News in the west: "A Boeing like plane had engine failure on takeoff, almost killing 6"

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BeachHut9@reddit

How many carry on bags were left onboard the aircraft after the evacuation?

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Bedford_19@reddit

Still stock that there is no regulation for this

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aadsarraficionado@reddit (OP)

All, I hear.

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sai-kiran@reddit

The link u posted has videos with the people with their carry on baggage, so I don’t think “ALL” is an accurate answer.

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aadsarraficionado@reddit (OP)

Unfortunate, as an Indian, I have seen some really appalling behaviour by many Indians on Planes, many of us are part of quite an indisciplined and itiotic bunch, the only thing I carry, when I travel if not carrying a Camera, and, a bottle of water, and, important documents (which are on me in a pocket) is a power bank for my Phone, which I would happily leave and run in such a situation.

Such people should by fined heavily, and, should be on a no fly list for a year, at least.

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Ok_Platypus_7858@reddit

Was looking for that "as an Indian" sepoy. Found him.

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aadsarraficionado@reddit (OP)

I am glad you were succeasful in your endeavour.

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IcyTable6584@reddit

RR Trent 772B engine if anyone’s wondering….looks like they handled it perfectly. Amazing how something that has the potential to be catastrophic has been refined and tuned from a people, process and technology standpoint to be so safe now

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_AngryBadger_@reddit

Main thing is it's safely on the ground.

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jse81@reddit

I got eye cancer from clicking that link

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Please use ad blockers, if they help.

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