Drama over the skies of Birmingham this evening a Monarch A321 suffering an engine fire after take off (and for Birmingham Airport – that’s high drama).
A Monarch Airlines Airbus A321-200, on flight ZB932 from Birmingham to Tenerife with 213 passengers, departed Birmingham’s yesterday, and during the initial climb, when the left engine emitted a loud bang,streaks of flames and black smoke.
The crew performed an engine shutdown, and returned to Birmingham safely 15 minutes after initial departure.
Thankfully, all 213 passengers disembarked safely. A credit to pilots and crew for getting everyone down safely.
There is of course some human interest part to the story on the BBC News site, and a more dry fact account at AVHearld
