{"id":8239,"date":"2023-09-11T13:47:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T13:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/11\/passengers-evacuated-on-runway-at-singapores-changi-airport-after-air-china-plane-engine-catches-fire\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T13:47:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T13:47:48","slug":"passengers-evacuated-on-runway-at-singapores-changi-airport-after-air-china-plane-engine-catches-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/11\/passengers-evacuated-on-runway-at-singapores-changi-airport-after-air-china-plane-engine-catches-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Passengers evacuated on runway at Singapore\u2019s Changi Airport after Air China plane engine catches fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Passengers on an Air China flight were evacuated upon landing in Singapore after one of the aircraft\u2019s engines caught fire, leading to a three-hour closure of Changi Airport on Sunday.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Videos on social media showed passengers evacuating the aircraft using the emergency exit slide while dark smoke billowed from the engine that was still on fire. Other images taken inside the plane showed a dark cabin and the aisle blanketed in smoke.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      All 146 passengers and nine crew members safely evacuated after landing at about 4:15 p.m. local time, according to a statement from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      A fire in the left engine was extinguished about 10 minutes later and nine passengers sustained minor injuries related to smoke inhalation and abrasions during evacuation, it said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Smoke was also detected in the front cargo hold and a lavatory, Changi Airport said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Air China said in a statement on Weibo that flight CA403 was traveling from China\u2019s Chengdu Tianfu Airport to Singapore Changi Airport when smoke appeared in the cabin of the A320neo before landing.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"related-content_without-image related-content_without-image--article\">\n<p class=\"related-content_without-image__headline\">            <span class=\"related-content_without-image__headline-text\">China\u2019s answer to Boeing and Airbus, the C919, takes first commercial flight<\/span>    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The carrier initially determined that the fire was caused by a mechanical failure of the engine, and further investigation is currently underway.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Last March, China faced its worst air disaster in more than a decade when a Boeing 737-800 China Eastern Airlines flight carrying 132 people left no survivors when it crashed while en route from Kunming to Guangzhou.  <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passengers on an Air China flight were evacuated upon landing in Singapore after one of the aircraft\u2019s engines caught fire, leading to a three-hour closure of Changi Airport on Sunday. 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