Sparks from plane engine: Scoot investigating incident
Low-cost carrier Scoot has started investigation of one of its planes after sparks were seen coming out of its engine on Saturday (26 Nov).
According to media reports, a user on social network Sina Weibo uploaded a video of the incident on Saturday evening.
The user said that a friend, who was on board flight TZ001 travelling from Sydney to Singapore, had sent him the footage.
He said a loud bang was heard about 30 to 40 minutes before the plane landed and sparks were seen on the right side of the plane.
Channel News Asia said the budget airlines released a statement on Monday evening stating that the plane encountered “an incident during the descent into Singapore which necessitated a shut-down of the right engine”.
There were 338 passengers on the flight, the statement added.
A spokesperson for the company said that their flight crew exercised due diligence and immediately contacted Singapore’s Air Traffic Control while requesting for fire services to be on standby upon landing.
The spokesperson added that the incident is being investigated.
