Accidents
Probe into Air France A380 Engine Failure Fully Under Way
Front of engine sheared off as superjumbo flew over the Atlantic

Engine Alliance and Airbus have joined France’s Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) in the investigation into an engine failure aboard and Air France A380 flying from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday. Air France Flight AF066, carrying 497 passengers, landed safely at Canada’s Goose Bay Airport at 1542 GMT following the incident, which occurred over southern Greenland at 37,000 feet as the A380 traversed the Atlantic Ocean. “The regularly trained pilots and cabin crew handled this serious incident perfectly,” Air France said in a statement.