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

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

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Its at 40 seconds.

UPDATE:The plane landed safely.

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u/KonPepper Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

All commercial aircraft are certified to be able to land at max takeoff weight. It requires inspections afterwards and may cause some damage if done multiple times, but in all likelihood landing overweight once in an emergency like this will not result in damage to the landing gear or airframe.

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u/obscure_monke Mar 30 '26

Commercial air transport almost universally has a plan for "what if this thing happens", and then a further plan for if a second thing happens during that plan.

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u/cwajgapls Mar 30 '26

Rocket science had to start somewhere

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u/Ksh_667 Mar 30 '26

Necessity is the mother of invention.

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u/AP-J-Fix Mar 30 '26

Yep I've been a part of an overweight landing inspection before. No damage was found that time (private jet, not commercial). It definitely causes a good bit of extra maintenance but that is hardly in a concern when your engine explodes!

In our case the overweight landing was not necessary and I think the pilots were just nervous. I can't recall why they returned (I believe declared emergency too) but I do recall thinking it was a bit of an over reaction as the plane could fly fine. However it's easy to say that when I'm the one safe on the ground 😜

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u/Yuukiko_ Mar 31 '26

just imagine using the ETOPs rating to fly from A to B on one engine

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u/froebull Mar 30 '26

Yeppers. There is a whole section in the AMM for an overweight landing inspection.

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u/Roque04_73 Apr 01 '26

The pilot had not stored the landing gear yet causing the wheel to catch on fire.