'Our investigation is still in a preliminary phase, it is too early to draw conclusions,' a spokeswoman for the Dutch Safety Board said on Monday.Įurope's EASA aviation regulator said on Monday that it was aware of the Pratt & Whitney jet engine incidents, and was requesting information on the causes to determine what action may be needed.F18 Carrier Landing Mod is a modified version of F18 Carrier Landing developed by Rortos. The aircraft landed safely at Liege airport in Belgium, some 30 kilometres (19 miles) south of the Dutch border.īoeing (BA.N) referred questions to Dutch authorities. Longtail Aviation said it was 'too early to speculate as to what may have been the cause of the problem' and that it was working with Dutch, Belgian, Bermuda and UK authorities looking into the incident.ĭozens of pieces fell, Hendriks said, measuring around 5 centimetres wide and up to 25 centimetres long.

Pieces were found across the residential neighbourhood on roofs, gardens and streets.'

'Several cars were damaged and bits hit several houses. 'The photos indicate they were parts of engine blade, but that's being investigated,' she said. In the Dutch incident, witnesses heard one or two explosions shortly after take-off and the pilot was informed by air traffic control that an engine was on fire, Hendriks said. regulators announced extra inspections and Japan suspended their use while considering further action. The Bermuda-registered plane, which was headed from Maastricht to New York, was powered by Pratt & Whitney (RTX.N) PW4000 engines, a smaller version of those on a United Airlines (UAL.O) Boeing 777 involved in an incident in Denver, also on Saturday.Īfter that incident, Boeing recommended airlines suspend operations of certain older versions of its 777 airliner powered by Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engines, variants currently flown by five airlines.

The Longtail Aviation cargo plane, flight 5504, scattered small metal parts over the Dutch town of Meerssen, causing damage and injuring a woman shortly after take-off, Maastricht Airport spokeswoman Hella Hendriks said. AMSTERDAM, Feb 22 (Reuters) - An incident involving a Boeing 747-400 cargo plane that dropped engine parts after a mid-air explosion and fire over the southern Netherlands on Saturday is under investigation, the Dutch Safety Board said.

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