Created Sunday, Jan 16th 2022 23:44Z, last updated Sunday, Jan 16th 2022 23:44Z
A China Airlines Boeing 747-400, registration B-18715 performing flight
CI-5240 from Taipei (Taiwan) to Anchorage,AK (USA), was climbing out of Taipei's runway 05L when the outboard right hand engine (CF6) emitted a series of bangs and streaks of flames prompting the crew to stop the climb at 7000 feet, shut the engine down, dump fuel and return to Taipei for a safe landing on runway 05L about 75 minutes after departure.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 11 hours after landing back.
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