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Plane engine falls apart mid-air: Airbus engine disintegrates over Atlantic - TomoNews

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THE FRIENDLY SKIES — An Air France flight en route from Paris to Los Angeles was forced to make a slight detour when one of its engines fell apart over the Atlantic.<br /><br />One of the four engines on the Airbus A380 flight AF66 failed as the aircraft was west of Greenland on Saturday, the BBC reported. <br /><br />The plane was carrying 496 passengers and 24 crew at the time of the incident, an Air France spokesperson told AFP, according to BBC.<br /><br />One of the passengers, David Rehmar, a former plane mechanic, said he thought it was probably a fan failure. <br /><br />Rehmar said there was a sudden movement followed by a loud noise, which caused a lot of people on the plane to freak out.<br /><br />Pilots quickly shut the failed engine down and were able to stabilize the aircraft within 30 seconds. <br /><br />The Air France flight flew for about an hour on three engines before arriving at Goose Bay Airport in eastern Canada. <br /><br />Two 777s were eventually sent from Montreal to pick up the passengers and take them the rest of the way to L.A.<br /><br />The cause of the engine failure is still unknown and currently being investigated.

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