ADelta Air Lines Airbus A330-300 operating flight DL104 from São Paulo/Guarulhos Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU) to Atlanta (ATL) hub had to return to the Brazilian city shortly after takeoff last night due to a reported engine failure and fire. While the aircraft made a safe return to its point of origin, the incident is said to have caused a brush fire on the airport grounds as a result of the jet’s fiery falling debris.
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Video: Should The Airbus A220 Get A 2nd Engine Option?
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- January 31, 2025
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the Airbus A220 has been having a pretty rough time staying out of the hangar and in the air where it belongs. Yes, we can be grateful that it has thus far managed to avoid the same levels of bad publicity and disaster as the Boeing 737 MAX, but A220 operators around the world are most definitely experiencing challenges with the type. This has very little to do with the avionics and airframe design, and is pretty much all about the engines powering the jet – the Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared turbofan engine. So this prompts us to ask the question: Should the Airbus A220 get a 2nd engine option?