ANZEIGE
An Alitalia Airbus A330-200, registration EI-DIP performing flight AZ-615 from Boston,MA (USA) to Rome Fiumicino (Italy) with 244 passengers and 14 crew, was in the initial climb out of Boston's runway 15R when the crew called Mayday reporting their left hand engine (CF6) had failed. The crew levelled off at 2000 feet, shut down and secured the engine and returned to Boston. The airplane landed safely on runway 15R 20 minutes after departure, fire engines reported smoke from the aircraft, the airplane came to a stop on the intersection runway 15R/runway 09 and shut down on the runway. Fire engines then reported the left hand engine on fire. Boston Airport closed all runways. 5 minutes later the fire chief reported the fire extinguished. The passengers disembarked via mobile stairs and were bussed to the terminal.
About 10 minutes after touch down Boston Airport began to gradually resume operations.
Passengers said that they heard multiple bangs shortly after liftoff.
Quelle: http://avherald.com/h?article=42cfef9d&opt=0