Planespotters’ weekends turn traumatic as engine pieces fall from the sky in the Netherlands and the US

In what can only be described as a bad day for Boeing, not one but two of its planes suffered engine fire and began shedding parts along their respective flight paths.

Shortly after takeoff, a Boeing 747-400 cargo plane flying from Maastricht Aachen airport in the Netherlands to New York on Saturday afternoon suffered an engine fire. Debris rained over a residential neighbourhood, damaging homes and piercing through the tops of cars.

Longtail Aviation cargo 747 loses engine parts over Meerssen after failure on departure from Maastricht Airport in The Netherlands. Meerssen is an area adjacent to the airport itself. Aircraft landed safely in Liege. https://t.co/b22hB9QgKF pic.twitter.com/NYps5GoBzT