Accidents
Singapore Airlines 777 Catches Fire Following Diversion
Crew turns back to Changi following engine oil indication
A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER approaches Hong Kong. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Aero Icarus)
A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER approaches Hong Kong. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Aero Icarus)

A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER caught fire after returning to Singapore Changi Airport some two hours into a flight to Milan on Monday morning. The crew of Flight SQ368, which took off from Changi at 2:25 a.m., diverted after a cockpit indicator for its right GE90-115B engine had shown oil loss. Shortly after landing at 6:50 a.m. local time, the airplane’s wing caught fire near the right engine. Already on standby, Changi’s airport emergency service responded immediately and extinguished the fire within five minutes.