Vueling A320 engine caught fire at Paris

August 5, 2009 · by Miyuru Sandaruwan · in

Vueling Airbus A320

Vueling Airlines ( IATA: VY ) flight 9127 developed a fire in one of its engines today ( 5th ) at Paris Orly airport.
The aircraft, an A320, had 168 passengers onboard when the incident occured in engine #2 while it was being pushed back for departure to Alicante.
8 passengers were reported to be injured while trying to escape through the emergency slides, mainly due to burns.
The aircraft is reported to have been equipped with CFM56 engines.
The incident is believed to be minor and I believe mainstream media should stop trying to consider this another Airbus fault since this could happen to any aircraft and CFM56 is a very proven engine.