Engine of Air Asia flight fails just before taking off from Surabaya


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 04 Jan 2015

JAKARTA: In the latest incident to hit an AirAsia flight departing from Surabaya, the engine of a plane failed just before it took off from Juanda International Airport in the Indonesian city, local news media reported.

The plane had been taxiing for 2m to 3m before takeoff when the engine suddenly died, horrifying passengers, who heard a loud sound, Indonesia's Metro TV reported.

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