What happened on IAH-DME on 2/23?

[indo79]

My buddy, his wife and daughter was on that flight and he said 5 seconds after take off roll began, there was a fire in the engine and they aborted take off.

[Jet Blast]

The #2 engine had a flameout. Not sure if it's fixable, otherwise they will need to change engines.

[Kyo]

Just couldn't help noticing how apt your nickname was to answer this sort of question, Jet Blast... hopefully all onboard was safe

[TerryK]

Never mind. Misread it.

[LionCity]

My buddy, his wife and daughter was on that flight and he said 5 seconds after take off roll began, there was a fire in the engine and they aborted take off.

How bad was the delay?

[feb01mel]

How bad was the delay?

On the SQ website on flight status, the scheduled time of departure from IAH was originally at 4.45pm on 23 Feb, the delayed estimated time of departure now is at 1am on 25 Feb, which is about to depart in an hour's time.

[Jet Blast]

Just couldn't help noticing how apt your nickname was to answer this sort of question, Jet Blast... hopefully all onboard was safe

LOL!

You're right. My name is fitting.

The flameout happened very early in the takeoff run. No danger to the pax. The aircraft taxied back to the gate with fire engines in tow. Pax and baggage were offloaded.

They must have fixed the engine because the plane left Houston a few minutes ago. Not sure if there are passengers onboard or if they were rebooked on other flights.

According to acars aircraft was 9V-SWT.

[feb01mel]

The flight has departed Houston at 0119hrs today, and will reach Moscow 2120hrs later today. (Note all times local)

It will reach final destination Singapore tomorrow (26 Feb) at 1350hrs.