The pilot shows a charred piece of the plane's engine that forced the emergency landing.
/ Jim Blue
MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- A plane carrying WNWO’s Jim Blue and a Toledo pediatrician home from a relief mission to the Philippines made an emergency landing in Manila after part of the engine burst into flames.
About 15 minutes after takeoff, the Delta 747 departing Manila experienced catastrophic engine failure. Blue witnessed the engine erupting in flames outside his window. The pilot was able to safely return and land the plane.
The pilot later said the engine failure was caused by a broken turbine inlet vane. There were no injuries in the incident.
Blue was returning to Toledo from a relief mission to New Washington in the typhoon damage zone. Blue and Toledo pediatrician Gary Gladieux were the only members of the mission on the plane. All other members of the mission were scheduled on a later flight.
They are currently waiting for a new flight.
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