ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 268987
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| Date: | Friday 15 October 2021 |
| Time: | 21:33 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-346ER |
| Owner/operator: | Japan Airlines |
| Registration: | JA740J |
| MSN: | 36127/744 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
| Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND/RJTT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
JAL flight JL15, a Boeing 777-346ER, suffered an engine issue shortly after takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport, California, USA. A photo of the incident shows flames behind the engine no.2 exhaust.
The flight crew elected to turn back and a safe landing was made at 22:18 UTC, 45 minutes after takeoff.
Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ja740j#2984c795
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 December 2020 | JA740J | Japan Airlines | 0 | east of Japan |  |
unk |
| Engine failure | ||||||
Media:
Well you don't see this every day. Japan Airlines flight 15, a Boeing 777-300ER, had an engine malfunction on departure from LAX on Friday afternoon. It circled around and landed safely back at LAX about 45 minutes later. #JAL15 #JA740J #JL15 pic.twitter.com/lMggHOnWKR
— Glenn Beltz (@gb0n) October 16, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2021 17:37 | harro | Added |
| 16-Oct-2021 17:46 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
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