An Alitalia airplane Airbus A330-200, performing flight from Boston(USA) to Rome(Italy) (AZ-615) with 244 passengers and 14 crew, total 258, was in the initial climb out of Boston's runway 15R when the crew reported that their left hand engine (CF6) had failed. The crew levelled off at 2000 feet, shut down and secured the engine and returned to Boston. The airplane landed safely on runway 15R 20 minutes after departure from Boston's airport, fire engines reported smoke from the aircraft, the airplane came to a stop on the intersection runway 15R/runway 09 and shut down on the runway. Fire engines then reported the left hand engine on fire. Boston Airport closed all runways. 5 minutes later the fire chief reported the fire extinguished. The passengers disembarked via mobile stairs and were bussed to the terminal.
About 10 minutes after touch down Boston Airport began to resume flights.
Passengers told that they heard several bangs shortly after takeoff. The captain announced that they were experiencing engine trouble due to a bird strike.
The Italian "Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo" (ANSV, National Agency for Flight Safety) reported late Jun 22nd, that the flight data recorder was analysed by the NTSB. The NTSB subsequently aborted the investigation reporting, that the engine has not been subject to failure, over-speed or over-temperature, so that no risk for flight safety existed.
source: avherald
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