Possible runway excursion, a Tibet Airlines A319 on fire with passengers fleeing.

Video
https://twitter.com/i/status/1524556644222660609

Not on it's wheels. Belly landing for whatever reason or excursion that removed the gear maybe?

What's going on with the evac?!?! I only see one door open and slide extended on the right side in the rear of the aircraft. People look like they are emerging from the left side of the plane just ahead of the flames.

Pretty sure this happened on takeoff, very interested to hear how this happened. You would think this was a landing incident on first glance.

Yoinks. That looks like a write off.

Hope everyone is alright.

Reportedly the aircraft rejected the takeoff at a very high speed. All 113 pax and crew evacuated as of now.



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asuflyer wrote:

Reportedly the aircraft rejected the takeoff at a very high speed. All 113 pax and crew evacuated as of now.



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Very crispy A319!

That'll buff right out !

Here’s a better photo of the damage



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Some serious damage to the upper fuselage, quite the RTO.

Time to pull out the spit and shine

Glad everyone survived. Must have been some G's to split the rear fuesalage like that

The rear fuselage holes and split are interesting. How did that happen, even on a high speed excursion?

Thats quite a lot of speed tape

ummm where are the engines?

AirlineCritic wrote:

The rear fuselage holes and split are interesting. How did that happen, even on a high speed excursion?

I guess they ran through an embankment or bumped through a lower level area with high speed. That's why they (seemengly) lost both engines somehwhere too. Per the satellite pictures there are 16 taxiways (and/or service roads) to the left of this runway. They might have ran through at least 3-4 of those.

It is actually amazing how intact that aircraft still is for the fact that it lost the gears and engines and then slid on for some more. These A320 are very sturdy. Something serious must have happened in the rear section because the hole underneath the crack looks like it was blown out. Also the hole underneath the rear door.

Something still holds the fuselage together though, the tail never dipped down even though there is a crack that seems to go around the upper fuselage.

This could have caused serious harm (even deaths) if it would have broken appart at higher speeds. because the seats in the tail would have been rolling instead of sliding and right where it would have broken they could have been ejected.

Actually surprised a.net is behind the news versus other news sites.

From reports so far the aircraft rejected takeoff due to an "abnormality".... it caught on fire after losing an engine in an embankment.

It looks like the fire brigade did a good job at putting out that fire. When you see the flames on the video, you expect that the outcome would be a completely burned plane with just a (tipped) tail remaining.

FluidFlow wrote:

It is actually amazing how intact that aircraft still is for the fact that it lost the gears and engines and then slid on for some more. These A320 are very sturdy. Something serious must have happened in the rear section because the hole underneath the crack looks like it was blown out. Also the hole underneath the rear door.

Something still holds the fuselage together though, the tail never dipped down even though there is a crack that seems to go around the upper fuselage.

This could have caused serious harm (even deaths) if it would have broken appart at higher speeds. because the seats in the tail would have been rolling instead of sliding and right where it would have broken they could have been ejected.

Makes me wonder if a longer fuselage like an A321 would have behaved similarly. That DHL 752 from 1999 fell apart while it was going rather slow.

The 'abnormality' must have been a very significant one for the pilot to deliberately abort at high speed, or so significant that he or she had no option.

SEAorPWM wrote:

FluidFlow wrote:

It is actually amazing how intact that aircraft still is for the fact that it lost the gears and engines and then slid on for some more. These A320 are very sturdy. Something serious must have happened in the rear section because the hole underneath the crack looks like it was blown out. Also the hole underneath the rear door.

Something still holds the fuselage together though, the tail never dipped down even though there is a crack that seems to go around the upper fuselage.

This could have caused serious harm (even deaths) if it would have broken appart at higher speeds. because the seats in the tail would have been rolling instead of sliding and right where it would have broken they could have been ejected.

Makes me wonder if a longer fuselage like an A321 would have behaved similarly. That DHL 752 from 1999 fell apart while it was going rather slow.

Hard to say, probably? The damage before the crack looks like pressure was applied, hence the dent. Extension would not have dented it like that. This would mean that the Tail hit something and there was Force applied upwards, shortening the upper fuselage. On an A321 that would have been even more pronounced due to the longer moment arm, but as long as the floor is able to take the hit the cabin should stay intact.

Its hard to say why the DHL one did crumble, but if there were extensional forces on the floow + heavy cargo on it, it might break easier.

Guess they can skip the part of the checklist where they mention shutting down the engines...

KingOrGod wrote:

Guess they can skip the part of the checklist where they mention shutting down the engines...

Are the engines out? No they are off!

Ouffff, that must have been a rough experience. To be on an aircraft that had both engines and gear ripped off, rear section of fuselage cracked and crumbled, then to top it off throw some fire in there.

Surprised to see the left overwing exit & slides used. I presume then the fire had not started yet when the evacuation occurred?

AirlineCritic wrote:

The rear fuselage holes and split are interesting. How did that happen, even on a high speed excursion?

The side damage to the rear fuselage appear to have been done by the main gear: it look somewhat circular with some black marks, must have been the tire.

FluidFlow wrote:

KingOrGod wrote:

Guess they can skip the part of the checklist where they mention shutting down the engines...

Are the engines out? No they are off!

FO: Captain, we lost the engines.
Captain: Try restarting procedure.
FO: Ain't gonna work, they are a few hundred feet behind us.

OK, I'll see myself out.

These Airbuses are rock solid!

It is always interesting reading a post mortum on the evacuations: what went right (about everything in this case), but also what went wrong. The later because it can be instructive for crew training throughout the aviation world.

Would/could the landing gear have ruptured the fuel tanks and into the cabin? That is always a (ridiculous and irrational) fear of mine from a hard landing.

Something's actually gone pretty right for an airplane with presumably a fair bit of fuel on board to have a high-enough speed excursion and impact that it ripped off the gears and engines and yet have (relatively) little fire and no deaths.

Aesma wrote:

That'll buff right out !

....said nobody before ever in the world when a plane experienced damage.

Looks like the aircraft spun and departed the runway at a fairly sharp angle. Then dropped down into the drainage depression and stripped off engines and landing gear, resulting in a belly slide for some distance. Fuselage cracked in the rear but did not separate. Fuel spill and fire likely from damage to the center tank.

The landing gear is built with fuse points that are designed to fail at a given high load and prevent the landing gear from puncturing upward/forward into a fuel tank. Normally, they are to fail aft and lodge into the flaps which prevents the puncturing of the fuselage behind the wing.

The quick actions of the fire service looks to have saved the day here. With a left overwing exit open, plus the forward left main door, and fire raging around the left wing, things could have gone badly in the cabin. Can only guess they started the evac on the left side before they realised it was on fire there. But that doesn't completely tally with some eye witness reports. Guess it's also possible the pax opened doors/emergency exits on the left side, not the crew. Remain shocked though that people continue to evacuate burning airliners with their carry ons. It's absolute madness.

Glad everyone survived.

Anyone else thinking of the DHL 757 a few weeks ago? I suspect they went off the runway and hit an embankment, shearing off the gears and engines. Regardless, thankful everyone is okay!

ukoverlander wrote:

Aesma wrote:

That'll buff right out !

....said nobody before ever in the world when a plane experienced damage.

oh com'on, thjat's the running gag here. So kudos Aesma! It needed to be done

accentra wrote:

The quick actions of the fire service looks to have saved the day here. With a left overwing exit open, plus the forward left main door, and fire raging around the left wing, things could have gone badly in the cabin. Can only guess they started the evac on the left side before they realised it was on fire there. But that doesn't completely tally with some eye witness reports. Guess it's also possible the pax opened doors/emergency exits on the left side, not the crew. Remain shocked though that people continue to evacuate burning airliners with their carry ons. It's absolute madness.

Note that there are some videos for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrV3ZjBltlA where I get the impression that the fire only started raging when the evacuation over the left overwing exit was already ongoing

Looks like the evac slide might have caught fire

a2b7 wrote:

accentra wrote:

The quick actions of the fire service looks to have saved the day here. With a left overwing exit open, plus the forward left main door, and fire raging around the left wing, things could have gone badly in the cabin. Can only guess they started the evac on the left side before they realised it was on fire there. But that doesn't completely tally with some eye witness reports. Guess it's also possible the pax opened doors/emergency exits on the left side, not the crew. Remain shocked though that people continue to evacuate burning airliners with their carry ons. It's absolute madness.

Note that there are some videos for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrV3ZjBltlA where I get the impression that the fire only started raging when the evacuation over the left overwing exit was already ongoing

Yes, could well be. Could imagine it might not be easy or indeed possible, but I wonder whether there'd be any possibility of shutting opened exits on the side of the aircraft on fire? Could buy extra time for those in the cabin.

ikolkyo wrote:

Looks like the evac slide might have caught fire

Indeed.
And it's weird cause the fabric is supposed to be flame-retardant (or flame-resistant, not sure).

WayexTDI wrote:

ikolkyo wrote:

Looks like the evac slide might have caught fire

Indeed.
And it's weird cause the fabric is supposed to be flame-retardant (or flame-resistant, not sure).

That's what I thought as well, maybe grass or something else caught fire and the combination of heat/fire made that null and void? Interesting nonetheless.

accentra wrote:

The quick actions of the fire service looks to have saved the day here. With a left overwing exit open, plus the forward left main door, and fire raging around the left wing, things could have gone badly in the cabin. Can only guess they started the evac on the left side before they realised it was on fire there. But that doesn't completely tally with some eye witness reports. Guess it's also possible the pax opened doors/emergency exits on the left side, not the crew. Remain shocked though that people continue to evacuate burning airliners with their carry ons. It's absolute madness.

http://news.cnhubei.com/content/2022-05/13/content_14743887.html

Based on a passenger's representation (who was sitting near the L1 and was the 2nd person escaped via L1),
the door was opened by the FA and when he hit the ground, oil was already leaking and fire was presented.

ikolkyo wrote:

Looks like the evac slide might have caught fire

yes

accentra wrote:

Remain shocked though that people continue to evacuate burning airliners with their carry ons. It's absolute madness.

No matter how many times the crew orders "in the unlikely event of an evacuation leave all luggage behind", people will still try to save their belongings. It's completely normal human behaviour.

Any updates?

I haven't seen any on here nor other sources.

I'd love to know what happened though because that it quite an incident