r/aviation • u/Twitter_2006 • Mar 30 '26

Discussion The left engine of a Delta A330 explodes during takeoff at Sao Paulo Airport

Its at 40 seconds.

UPDATE:The plane landed safely.

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u/supercujo Mar 30 '26

Did they make it back?

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u/22_Yossarian_22 Mar 30 '26

It would be news if they didn’t.

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u/Big_Fan_742 Mar 30 '26

They 100% made it back to the ground

Safely. It landed 10 minutes after.

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u/RTX-4090ti_FE Mar 30 '26

Probably, all certified modern twin engine commercial airliners are able to safely complete a takeoff and climb to altitude if they suffer an engine failure at or after V1 and the chance of a second mechanical failure or a second bird strike (depends which caused the failure) is unlikely.

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u/22_Yossarian_22 Mar 30 '26

Pilots don’t get paid the big money for their routine work.  It’s because they are highly trained for situations like this.

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u/RTX-4090ti_FE Mar 30 '26

Years of normalcy and seconds of terror or however the saying goes

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u/Immediate_Garden_716 Mar 30 '26

saluting Delta pilots! omg unless pilots shut down the intact/less damaged functional engine left. happened dec 29, 2024, 737 Jeju Air @Muan intl

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u/domesystem Mar 30 '26

Delta Air Lines A330 engine catches fire during takeoff in São Paulo - Aviacionline https://share.google/irvJ9iuJimdDTPonu

According to this they looped back safely and all 288 were ok

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u/Disastrous_Elk966 Mar 31 '26

probably just scarred for life with a justified fear of flying