Boeing 777-232ER Incident

Abstract
The Boeing 777-232ER aircraft, Delta Airlines flight 55, was scheduled to take-off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Atlanta, Georgia to Narita International Airport, Tokyo, Japan. While performing a take-off roll the aircraft encountered a failure on the no.2 engine. Prior to the failure, pilots reported of experiencing the aircraft shudder and noticed the no.2 engine’s exhaust gas temperature (EGT) had reached the limit. The pilot immediately aborted the take-off, taxied the aircraft off the runway and shutdown the no.2 engine. Except for the no.2 engine, there was no damage to the other parts of the aircraft and no one on-board the aircraft was injured due to the incident. On-side investigation of the no.2 engine revealed that one fan blade had disintegrated which caused the engine failure. The damaged fan blade was removed and sent to the relevant authorities for further analysis to determine the failure causal factor.
Keywords: no.2 engine failure, fan blade disintegrated, fan blade analysis

Boeing 777-232ER Incident
On January 2, 2009, about 1028 Eastern Standard Time, a Boeing 777-232ER airplane, N864DA, operating under Delta Air Lines flight 55, was scheduled for a flight from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Atlanta, Georgia to Narita International Airport, Tokyo, Japan (NTSB, 2012). While performing a take-off roll, the flight experienced a failure in the no.2 engine (right). The pilot reported experiencing the aircraft tremble and observed no.2 engine exhaust gas temperature (EGT) indication at the red zone. The take-off was cancelled and the engine was shutdown. The fire department was activated to the scene and verified there was no signs of fire detected from no.2 engine. The flight was taxied back to the gate for the passenger and flight crew to depart