Korean Air A220 suffers significant engine damage
A Korean Air Airbus A220-300 suffered a failure to its left Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engine Dec 27. The carrier said that the aircraft registered HL8314, was operating as flight KE753 on the Busan-Nagoya route with 64 passengers on-board. On the day the incident happened, the aircraft departed Busan Gimhae International for Nagoya, where the engine failure was detected 25 minutes later. It subsequently made a return for Busan, and safely landed at Gimhae airport 59 minutes after departure. While the airline was unable to comment on the damage suffered by the Pratt & Whitney PW1521G powerplant, a picture circulating on social media purportedly indicates severe damage to the blades of the low pressure turbine. <br/>
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Korean Air A220 suffers significant engine damage
A Korean Air Airbus A220-300 suffered a failure to its left Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engine Dec 27. The carrier said that the aircraft registered HL8314, was operating as flight KE753 on the Busan-Nagoya route with 64 passengers on-board. On the day the incident happened, the aircraft departed Busan Gimhae International for Nagoya, where the engine failure was detected 25 minutes later. It subsequently made a return for Busan, and safely landed at Gimhae airport 59 minutes after departure. While the airline was unable to comment on the damage suffered by the Pratt & Whitney PW1521G powerplant, a picture circulating on social media purportedly indicates severe damage to the blades of the low pressure turbine. <br/>
