Philippines Airlines 777 spews flames after takeoff from LAX

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 11/22/2019 at 15:34 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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The airliner made an emergency landing at LAX, no injuries reported. Possibly a bird strike of other foreign object debris in the engine that led to an apparent !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Ultimately, no big deal, but it does make for dramatic pictures.

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 11/22/2019 at 15:44

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Me when I eat an airport burrito before leaving LAX

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > ttyymmnn 11/22/2019 at 15:47

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This is why two engine aircraft are always a better idea than a single point of failure. Looking at you F-35!

What was a “minor issue” in a twin engine plane would have been a much scarier situation to try and turn around with no power and try to land at low altitude. Im not a JSF hater in any sense, its a cool bird. But the single engine thing will always bother me. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 11/22/2019 at 15:48

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Compressor stall(s), says I.

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 11/22/2019 at 15:51

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Friends don’t let friends eat Taco Bell.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 11/22/2019 at 15:52

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Yup.

M.T. Blake > ttyymmnn 11/22/2019 at 15:54

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250 people and not a single one that didn’t shart everywhere!

ttyymmnn > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 11/22/2019 at 15:55

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Which is why the USN has had a preference for twinjets for so many years. Though of course, they’ve had plenty of singles. I had a long talk with an Air Force F-35 driver at an air show a couple of years ago. Turns out there isn’t a single steam gauge in the plane. Not even a compass or an artificial horizon. If the engine shits the bed, there is a battery that will power the electronics for some insanely short period of time (less than 10 minutes, I think) , basically long enough to turn for home and either land or punch out.

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 11/22/2019 at 15:55

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No Taco Bell at LAX, though there is a Wahoo’s Fish Taco.

DipodomysDeserti > ttyymmnn 11/22/2019 at 15:55

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Fucking LA drivers being distracted enough to notice flames coming out of a plane 2k feet above them.

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 11/22/2019 at 15:55

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Hmm, Wahoo’s Fish Taco sounds pretty decent, actually.

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 11/22/2019 at 15:56

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Evidence suggests that is not true for  Filipinos

DipodomysDeserti > For Sweden 11/22/2019 at 15:58

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Had an Irish beef burrito before leaving Dublin yesterday. It was fucking delicious, and I may be deported from Arizona for expressing this opinion.

For Sweden > DipodomysDeserti 11/22/2019 at 15:59

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When European nations make a “burrito,” it’s called a wrap.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 11/22/2019 at 16:03

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One of my pilot acquaintances has had two engine shut downs this year. One was a loss of oil pressure and the other was a bird strike. I guess the loss of oil pressure was a bit more exciting than the bird strike. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > For Sweden 11/22/2019 at 16:04

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There is an Uno Mas in SJC now. Also a chick-filet and a smash burger. SMH. 

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 11/22/2019 at 16:05

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For some reason I’m thinking about the scene in Disney’s The Rescuers in which Orville caught his tail feathers on fire.

ttyymmnn > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 11/22/2019 at 16:05

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Well, that’s why they have two engines! Although I’m reminded of the Ron White bit about being in a small plane when one of the engines died. A passenger said, “How far can we fly on one engine?”

“All the way to the scene of the crash.”

DipodomysDeserti > For Sweden 11/22/2019 at 16:08

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Pretty sure white American women have copyrighted the term “wrap”. This dish was prepared in Ireland by an Arab, so I’m not sure it qualifies as European.

It was topped with “humus chipotle” which I’m now convinced can convert the most ardent nationalist into a free market globalist.

Sammyno55 > ttyymmnn 11/22/2019 at 16:10

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The SOP for an engine unstart on the F-35 might be to punch out. I'd be surprised if it could glide for 10 minutes. 

user314 > ttyymmnn 11/22/2019 at 16:20

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“I bet we beat the ambulance there by at least 15 minutes. We’re hauling ass!”

ttyymmnn > user314 11/22/2019 at 16:22

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That was a great routine. 

For Sweden > DipodomysDeserti 11/22/2019 at 16:25

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Both Ireland and Arabia are a very long ways from Mexico

user314 > ttyymmnn 11/22/2019 at 16:36

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The Flagstaff Airport, Hair Care and Tire Center. 

DipodomysDeserti > For Sweden 11/22/2019 at 16:44

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It was digested in a gut that was born and raised in a land that was once apart of Mexico, so I declare it....

Delicious.

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 11/22/2019 at 17:11

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World economy, yo.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > For Sweden 11/22/2019 at 18:07

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Isn’t there a Carl’s/GreenBurrito over in T8? Think so. Plus a reasonable burrito place in the “Farmers Market” in T5? And something “wrapp-y” in those food trucks at the end of T4

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > For Sweden 11/22/2019 at 18:11

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Do you remember back before airport security turned into TSA(TM) AIRPORT SECURITY? Anybody could go through the checkpoint— so at SFO basically every cousin and niece in every Filipino family in The Bay would turn up to meet the Phil lipines Air flight from Manila. Throngs of people. Huge throngs. 1% of whom were actually flying.

These days I’m sorta glad only ticketed passengers can go to the gate...

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > DipodomysDeserti 11/22/2019 at 18:13

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Geezus Aitch Krist. Irish beef burrito!???!!

Is nothing sacred?  The next time I fly Air Lingus I’m demanding they offer the Pork Verde Haggis with wasabi.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > DipodomysDeserti 11/22/2019 at 18:15

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!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

OK, I’ve had enough of this multi-culturalism...

Of course, the best  restaurants in Germany offer Italian food served by Turks. So whatthefukdoIknow?

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > ttyymmnn 11/22/2019 at 18:16

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This is why we need strong borders.  To keep the chipotle out of the hummus.

ttyymmnn > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 11/22/2019 at 18:22

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ttyymmnn > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 11/22/2019 at 18:23

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Those days may be coming to an end.

For date night, how about the airport? Now you can visit some without a ticket . (WaPo)

BaconSandwich is tasty. > For Sweden 11/22/2019 at 18:25

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Is there still a Burger King at LAX?

For Sweden > BaconSandwich is tasty. 11/22/2019 at 18:26

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Google says no, so maybe?

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > ttyymmnn 11/22/2019 at 18:28

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Oh, man. I feel like Rick of Rick & Morty having his last isolated place of serenity violated...

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > ttyymmnn 11/22/2019 at 18:50

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Maybe it did that because of the LAXitives...

:-p

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > ttyymmnn 11/22/2019 at 18:53

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Well if you are still airborne after 10 minutes with no engine, you must be quite lucky with some helpful updrafts and be really high up to start off with. Yeah the airforce muddling things up is why its only a one seater aircraft as well. Then the USMC with their VSTOL crap is the other reason why the plane has way too many compromises. Its a wonder it has actually turned out pretty decent with all of those competing priorities. As long as it never has to dogfight anything itll be pretty useful. 

wafflesnfalafel > ttyymmnn 11/22/2019 at 22:05

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oh my... the quote of that kid... “are we gonna d o crashes?”

DipodomysDeserti > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 11/22/2019 at 23:03

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There’s a place in Phoenix that serves Irish-Chinese food. It’s delicious.

ttyymmnn > wafflesnfalafel 11/23/2019 at 00:16

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“ It’s okay, honey, it’s not a MAX.”