Engine Fire

Un-solicited email tells more of a story than was published. Received as a joke displaying numerous air accidents in the making, this one speaks of a real pro in the left seat. With all 8 tires firmly planted on the runway, this heavy is just exactly where it needs to be, note the wing loading. Hopefully this is the emergency landing and not the initial take-off. Unfortunately as I look closer, it looks like take-off flap settings and not the full flaps one might expect in an emergency landing. I do not know the protocal for airline landing with an engine fire. High speed may be desirable, my son would know. On my first trip to Alaska on a United DC6b there was an engine fire that looked a bit like this for a few minutes until the pilot got it shut down. It is an awsom site. I like this picture, just at dusk, I think.