Created Sunday, Jan 31st 2021 16:19Z, last updated Sunday, Jan 31st 2021 19:15Z
An Air Atlanta Icelandic Boeing 747-400 freighter on behalf of Saudi Arabian Cargo Airlines, registration TF-AMA performing flight SV-3920 from Liege (Belgium) to Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), was climbing out of Liege's runway 04R when one of the engines (CF6) emitted a series of bangs and streaks of flames. THe crew stopped the climb at 5000 feet, shut the engine down, climbed to FL100 to dump fuel over the North Sea and returned to Liege for a safe landing on runway 04R about 80 minutes after departure.
Residents below the departure path reported deafening sounds of explosions and seeing the streaks of flames from one of the aircraft engines.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Liege about 14 hours after landing back.
