Cathay Pacific Lands Safely After Engine Fire

By STAFF Writer
MONDAY, May 16, 2011

SINGAPORE NEWS / INDONESIA NEWS - Cathay Pacific plane landed safely after an engine of it caught fire on Monday. The Jakarta bound plane from Singapore was forced to turn around roughly twenty minutes after its takeoff.

Passengers said they experienced the plane shaking violently after "two sharp bangs" and the lights inside went off. Burning smell could be sensed following the blaze of the engine.

A Reuters photographer, aboard with family, said people started praying audibly after fire was discovered by them through the window.

He told, "Behind us, passengers were praying: 'God, save our flight! Give us your protection!"

The pilot thanked the passengers after landing for them being cool and calm.

The airline said in a statement, " can appreciate the concern and anxiety felt by the passengers during the incident, but our captain and his crew were in control of the situation at all times. They reacted exactly as they are trained to do, shut down the affected engine and returned the aircraft safely to Singapore."

Powered by Trent 700 engines of Rolls-Royce, the engine also had problems in the past. Last year in November a Qantas flight was close to explosion. Its engine blew apart.

AirAsia plans to INCREASE flights frequency to SINGAPORE

The airline company, PT Indonesia AirAsia plans to increase frequency of flights from Jakarta and Denpasar to Singapore. Adding of one-time flight to Jakarta to Singapore route that became six times a day. As for the route Denpasar - Singapore flights increased by one so that it becomes four times the flight.

"The addition of this flight frequencies will effective on 20 April," said President Director of Indonesia AirAsia, Dharmadi.

The addition of frequency to Singapore, according to Dharmadi, because of the many customer requests to go to Singapore. "Singapore became one of our customer's favorite route, as well known as a shopping paradise and city tour," he said.

Related to that, Director of Marketing and Distribution AirAsia Widijastoro Nugroho said, AirAsia will offer special prices to travel to Singapore.

The special prices that offer by AirAsia is start from IDR 149,000 for the Jakarta-Singapore route and start from IDR 199,000 for the Denpasar - Singapore route. "This will be valid from 23 to 27 March 2011 with scheduled flights from 20 April - 10 November 2011,"said Widijastoro.

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