Once again thoughtless passengers have endangered their and others’ lives by taking off their bulky carry-on bags while evacuating from an Air India Express Boeing 737-800, that suffered an engine fire during take-off.
According to Aviation Herald, the 737 was performing flight IX-442 from Muscat (Oman) to Kochi (India) with 145 passengers and was accelerating for takeoff from Muscat’s runway 08L at about 11:35L (07:35Z) when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed (about 40 knots over ground) due to a right-hand engine (CFM56) fire indication.
“The crew slowed the aircraft and vacated the runway via the read more ⇒
Source:: AirlineRatings.Com