Investigation launched after Air France flight makes emergency landing in Canada after an engine blow out

Here’s what happened.

An Air France flight, AF066 flying from Paris to Los Angeles experience an engine blow out that saw parts of the aeroplane engine fall off.

Just got this pic from friend aboard the Air France CDG to LAX flight that suffered engine failure & landed safely in Canada. Terrifying. pic.twitter.com/nXk23Cengc

— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) September 30, 2017

It happened over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, that double decker A380 plane with 497 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Goose Bay airport in Canada.

The French Accident Investigation Bureau and Airbus have launched an investigation “following serious damage to one of its four engines” as this was a “serious incident.”

Here’s a video of the landing. pic.twitter.com/aLUoM5avLH

— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) September 30, 2017

It is unlikely to be a bird strike given the high altitude the flight was flying at, and being in the air for around five hours, passengers said that the engine had exploded.

Air France flew in two planes to get the passenger to Los Angeles.