One of United Airlines’ Boeing 737 MAX suffered an engine fire while taxiing on one of the New York/Newark airport taxiways. The NTSB is investigating.
Boeing 737 MAX: engine fire alert while taxiing
A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX, model 737-9, suffered an engine fire while taxiing on one of the New York/Newark airport taxiways. The aircraft had landed a few minutes earlier from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It was the triggering of the engine fire alert that led the crew to take the measures planned in the context of this type of incident. Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are powered by CFM Leap-1B engines.
Leak in the fuel circuit
The crew therefore shut down the engine concerned. No flames or smoke were visible. But, the inspection of the CFM Leap-1B, once the aircraft was towed and installed at one of the landing gates of the airport, highlighted the presence of a leak in the fuel system, damage and traces of soot. created by the rise of heat on the motor casing. The plane and therefore its engines had been delivered to United Airlines in 2020.
In February, it was an external cell phone battery
Last February, a United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX, model 737-8, was forced to turn back shortly after taking off from San Diego airport after a fire broke out in the cabin. passengers, generated by an external battery pack containing a lithium-ion battery, which was plugged into the passenger’s mobile phone.
