Created Wednesday, May 11th 2022 17:26Z, last updated Wednesday, May 11th 2022 17:28Z
A United Boeing 767-300, registration N651UA performing flight
UA-855 from Lima (Peru) to Houston Intercontinental,TX (USA), was climbing out of Lima's runway 16 when the crew reported they had lost the left hand engine (PW4060) and stopped the climb at 9000 feet. The aircraft returned to Lima for a landing on runway 16, during roll out streaks of sparks became visible from the right hand main gear. The aircraft vacated the runway and stopped on the adjacent taxiway requesting emergency services to inspect their right hand side for gear overheat subsequently reporting reports from the cabin confirmed the right hand gear had overheated. Emergency services requested to shut the remaining engine down for inspection of the right main gear, the crew confirmed they had shut down the remaining engine. The passengers subsequently disembarked onto the taxiway and were bussed to the terminal.
Passengers reported there had been a bang from the left hand side, on return to Lima there were lots of sparks from the right hand main gear.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Lima about 34 hours after landing back.
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