Engine fells of a taxying 747

[papagio]

One of the four engines of a Saudi Airlines passenger aircraft fell on the runway of Cairo International Airport while taxiing for take off on Saturday.

According to a report carried by Al Ahram daily, the flight was preparing to take off for Jeddah after flying in from the Saudi capital with 416 passengers and 22 crew members.

The outer engine on the right wing of the Boeing 747 dropped off and rolled out to hit the airport's perimeter fencing and leaving a hole in it.

The airport was closed for all flight operations as it took two and half hours for the ground staff to clear the runway.

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[Gerard]

On The Aviation Herald this looks a little less spectacular:

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747-400, re-positioning flight SV-9302 from Cairo (Egypt) to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) with 22 crew, rejected takeoff from Cairo at low speed around 07:30L (04:30Z) when engine #4 (outer right) failed leaving debris behind on the runway. The airplane slowed safely.

The runway was closed for about 2.5 hours until the debris was removed.

The aircraft had brought 416 passengers to Cairo on a charter flight and was scheduled to re-position to Jeddah without passengers.

Gerard

[civil]

Okay, so the truth is somewhere in between.....

[Hurricane]

Okay, so the truth is somewhere in between.....

It's nearly impossible** to loose and engine during taxi (even for Saudi) so that story seems busted (perhaps like the BA 772 @ AMS that debrise came along during rejected T/O secuence)

**:I don't know the technical condition of this bird and her engines but only wrong hingebolts could result in a engineloss (and if that happend the engine should came off straight away).

[jfaltena]

One of the four engines of a Saudi Airlines passenger aircraft fell on the runway of Cairo International Airport while taxiing for take off on Saturday.
The outer engine on the right wing of the Boeing 747 dropped off and rolled out to hit the airport's perimeter fencing and leaving a hole in it.
The airport was closed for all flight operations as it took two and half hours for the ground staff to clear the runway.

As the AvHerald article states; this concerns HS-VAC (ex PH-BUU) of Phuket Air and the photo's clearly show the engine still hanging on the wing, but with the rear end missing

Grtz, John