Photo and RealVideo available on web page for first article, also note follow-up article posted below the first. ------------------ SOURCE: KITV - TheHawaiiChannel.com http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/1832514/detail.html Experimental Airliner Makes Emergency Landing Witnesses Say They Saw Smoke Billowing From Engine POSTED: 9:17 a.m. HST December 11, 2002 UPDATED: 10:56 a.m. HST December 11, 2002 HONOLULU -- One runway at the Honolulu International Airport was closed for several hours Tuesday after the engine of a noncommercial jet caught fire. Officials said the engine of a noncommercial Boeing 747 jet caught fire after landing and stopping at the end of the runway. "It just started to spew a lot of smoke and immediately a slide deployed from the front and it looked like people were ready to jump out of the plane," witness George Hanzawa said. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Diana Joubert said emergency airport crews extinguished the blaze and none of the 23 people onboard were injured. FAA officials said they weren't notified about the fire until after the plane landed. The plane is owned by General Electric and was returning from a test flight when the fire broke out at 4:08 p.m. Officials said the damaged engine was on the left wing and was a version of the newest Boeing 777 engine. Witnesses said they saw thick smoke coming from the engine, but no flames. "Next thing I know, it stopped at the end of the runway and it just started smoking," said Kalani Mioi of Pacific Air Cargo. ------------------ SOURCE: KITV - TheHawaiiChannel.com http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/1833735/detail.html Boeing Officials Say Engine Did Not Catch Fire Plane Testing 'World's Most Powerful Engine' POSTED: 3:24 p.m. HST December 11, 2002 UPDATED: 3:25 p.m. HST December 11, 2002 HONOLULU -- A fire aboard a non-commercial 747 airplane at Honolulu Airport Tuesday night started in the left wing pylon which connects the engine to the wing. The General Electric plane is in Honolulu testing what it calls "The World's Most Powerful Jet Engine." Late Tuesday afternoon as the plane landed, witnesses saw thick black smoke pouring out from under the left wing. Airport crash crews doused the engine area and the 23 people on board evacuated using the inflatable slide. G.E. said it's testing the jet engine in Hawaii because it is required to test the engine in various types of weather. The company said the engine did not catch fire. It hopes to get government approval to install the engines on very large aircraft within the next couple years. -- David Mueller / HNL dmueller7@lycos.com http://www.quanterium.com Re-open the FLL Viewpark: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/openpark/petition.html