Aircraft engine fire at Charlotte airport extinguished, Charlotte NC
Fire & ArsonAt Charlotte Douglas International Airport, a fire occurred in the number one engine of an aircraft. The captain used extinguishing bottles to put out the fire. Fire crews set up with blaze trucks and investigated further using thermal imaging equipment. They monitored smoke and heat from the engine but found no active fire. Airport operations arranged for an American Airlines mechanic to inspect the engine before moving the plane to the gate.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
07:5
Transcript:
00:00
Alarm copied, Blaze 5. Did you have an engine number?
00:08
Enforce, the number one engine, it'll be the Airpack left side engine.
00:22
Long copies, command.
00:28
Oh, on to ladder 32.
00:35
All right, command all companies.
00:41
There was a fire coming from the number one engine.
00:44
The captain fired their extinguishing bottles and the fire appears to be out.
00:51
We're now set up on the aircraft of blaze trucks and we're going to do a little bit more investigating here.
00:57
Again, we'll give you an update just a second.
01:02
On Foss Trott.
01:09
Company's responding, (number withheld) Windsor Ridge Drive. The caller-advised line was hit with a boring missile.
01:15
It is under dirt within 10 feet of the road.
01:18
You're going to have a private hydrant in front of (number withheld), Windsor Ridge Road. Cross streets of Grand Oak Drive and Ludwell Bridge Court, 32 still.
01:33
Letter 24, Metagroutine Difficulty Briefing, (number withheld) Pyville-Matthews Road. Ladder 24, metagroutine difficulty briefing, (number withheld) Pyville Matthews Road.
01:50
The pilot to shut down both engines so that we can get personnel close enough to give a close look at it.
02:01
Alarm copies, command.
02:07
Command to engine 17.
02:19
When everything's shut down, you can approach.
02:22
I want you to give me recon on that side.
02:28
17 copies recon.
02:36
Command to Blaze 62.
02:44
Go ahead, command.
02:49
You got to go ahead and just make sure you find a good water supply for us in case we need to take this any further.
02:57
Cap, we're sitting on the hydrant right here on the end of the building. We got you.
03:03
10-4[1], thank you.
03:09
17 here for command.
03:13
Command of Blaze 1.
03:19
Except for Blaz 1.
03:22
Can you go ahead and utilize your FLIR also? They've got a handheld kick over there, but let's just do our due diligence.
03:31
I'm already using it. She's pretty hot.
03:39
Copy.
03:44
17 airport command.
03:48
Go for command.
03:51
Command, no active fire.
03:54
We've still got some light smoke pushing out of the back end exhaust and from the bottom with visible charing on the underside of the engine.
04:03
But nothing active currently.
04:05
Showing about 300 on the backside.
04:09
All right, copy standby there, continue to monitor.
04:12
Everybody with FLIR and TIC capabilities do that for me.
04:16
Command to airport ops.
04:21
Okay. Airport operations, go ahead.
04:24
Can you make sure that there's an American Airlines mechanic headed this way so we can open up cowling on this and take a look at things before we get it to the gate?
04:36
That's ten for one of the phone with the rent tower now, making sure somebody is hit to you away.
04:43
ECHO, engine 39, lift assist, (number withheld) reserve drive, on a ECHO.
04:57
Engine 25, lift assist, (number withheld) record street, on B, Bravo. Engine 25, with assist, (number withheld) record street, on B, Bravo.
05:09
Nice to be over here, please file.
05:25
43 here, go ahead.
05:28
Just a status check.
05:33
We're just here, we're still waiting on Duke to show up.
05:38
It's 7-143.
05:44
At American Airlines, maintenance representative is on their way now.
05:49
Copy.
05:55
Okay, too, go ahead.
06:00
Can you and the firefighter from Blaze One, just go put eyes on the number two engine for me and make sure we're all good on that side?
06:09
The question got.
06:24
17, looks like you're trying to communicate, you're not getting out, go ahead there, I'm listening.
06:31
17, airport command.
06:33
We're going to recommend we take engine 17 to get a protection line on the ground.
06:38
Visual looks like something is leaking from the top of the engine working this way down.
06:43
We'll get the maintenance check on site to make sure we get it opened up correctly, but I recommend we put a line on the ground.
06:52
Copy, let's go ahead and we'll take that off of two.
07:01
The Pseman team copies getting a line off of ways two.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), 5501 Josh Birmingham Pkwy, Charlotte, NC 28208
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