Engine fire grounds Allegiant Air flight in Roanoke

Some how I am not surprised.

Mr. Harris,

Would you care to elaborate, on your comment?

Do some research on this airline with thier RTF's , etc.

a burning MD-80 on the ground is better then one in the sky.

Where I am not a fan of the MD-80/MD-30/DC-9 aircraft (I am a boeing person), I am very much a fan of the Pratt & Whitney JT-8D engines, have worked on many of them. I would like to see the conclusion as if it was a maintenance induced, time induced, or if something just broke. JT8D engines are very durable. The Timex of the Jet Engine industry. Take a Lick-in and Keeps on Tick-in.

Allegiant had an incident in Flagstaff less than a month ago. Aircraft had a generator failure on the way to Phoenix from Billings, MT and made an emergency landing in Flagstaff. Seven people injured, all tires blown on the plane and melted the brake components trying to stop on a runway with insufficient length for an MD-83.

@acela99

Care to site your source for this information?

The runway at FLG is 8800' long threshold to threshold, 7000' available for landing if you're landing on runway 21. Even at FLG's elevation of 7014' this is plenty to stop a MD-80 series aircraft. I don't have an MD80 series AOM to give you an exact number for runway length, however my experience flying as a captain on turbojet equipment gives me enough experience to speaking on the matter and with some authority.

With the type of injuries and damage you report surely an NTSB report would be in the system. However the ONLY NTSB report in the system involving an Allegiant aircraft is here: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?id=MIA07LA068&rpt=fa

I suggest that when commenting on matters such as these that you provide your source instead of spewing conjecture, opinion or flat-out lies.

I would agree with Watch Dog. There were no tires punctured or anything like it. Please look at pictures of the airplane standing still on the runway with no apparent damage at: http://www.naztoday.com/news/local-news/2010/07/breaking-commercial-airliner-makes-emergency-landing-at-flagstaff-airport/.

All I see are kudos to the the pilots from passengers on board and people that watched and videotaped the landing.