Sentence examples for in the left engine from inspiring English sources

The missile struck the aircraft in the left engine.

It was inconclusive, but blamed a defect in the left engine.

There were reports from witnesses of an explosion and fire in the left engine.

On Feb. 2, 2002, pilots spotted flames in the left engine, and on June 23 , 2003 indicators warned about problems with a landing gear.

The president of the Spaish pilots' union Sepla, speaking of the fire in the left engine, said pilots routinely practised taking off and landing in similar situations every six months.

Mechanical failure in the left engine of the plane, an Antonov-24, appeared to be the most likely cause of the crash, which occurred in the Tomsk region of western Siberia at about 9 00 a.m. local time.

Neubauer's unsuccessful attempts to restart his right engine interfere with the flow of fuel into the left engine.

When we finally got out, we looked over there and we saw that the rotary blades out of the jet motor had blown and had sheared the plane just like a can opener". Mark Sullivan, a spokesman for East Hartford, Conn.-based Pratt & Whitney, which manufactured the engines for the McDonnell-Douglas plane, said the company believes a fan blade in the front of the left engine failed.

In 1991, Lauda Air Flight 004, operated by a Boeing 767, crashed after the left engine thrust reverser deployed in-flight for reasons that could not be determined.

In one such sortie, Helbig's flight engineer was severely wounded, and the left engine of his aircraft was shot out by flak.

"About three minutes into the flight, the left engine blew just in front of where I was sitting".