Air Atlanta Iceland Boeing 747-400F lost engine parts during climb-out of Liege, Belgium

On September 8, a Boeing 747 engine component came loose and fell on the roof of a house in Waremme, Belgium, which is close to Liege. On behalf of the Icelandic airline Air Atlanta, the Boeing 747-400F (TF-AMC), flight number CC320, was traveling from Liege airport in Belgium to Malta-Luqa airport when an unforeseen event occurred. The aircraft lost one of its engines’ AFT cowls shortly after takeoff.

Air Atlanta Iceland (opf Magma Avn) Boeing 747-400F (TF-AMC) lost engine parts during climb-out of Liege AP (EBLG), Belgium. Large parts of an engine came down in Waremme. No one was hurt. Flight #CC320 to Malta continued to its destination. @VTMNIEUWS https://t.co/rpAcORCpjU pic.twitter.com/r1KYhIf6pS

— JACDEC (@JacdecNew) September 9, 2022

As a result, the engine dropped on a house’s garage roof before falling into the garden, generating a huge boom that startled everyone in the vicinity. People initially believed it to be a thunderstorm, but when they learned otherwise, it came as no less of a shock, according to a Dutch news outlet.

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With no other flight-related issues, the aircraft went on to its destination of Malta. Everyone onboard was secure and unharmed. Later, the local firefighters replaced the engine pieces that had fallen off in the yard and handed them over to the airport authorities for further inspection.

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