Date:	20-FEB-2021
Time:	16:12 LT
Type:	Boeing 747-412 (BCF)
Owner/operator:	Longtail Aviation
Registration:	VQ-BWT
C/n / msn:	24975/838
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Location:	over Meerssen -    Netherlands
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Maastricht/Aachen Airport (MST/EHBK)
Destination airport:	New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK)
Investigating agency:	Dutch Safety Board

Narrative:
Longtail Aviation flight LGT5504, a Boeing 747-412 (BCF), suffered an uncontained engine failure of the no.1 PW4056 engine. Blade fragments were ejected from the engine, coming down in the village of Meerssen, 2 km past the end of the runway. At that point the aircraft was climbing through 1400 feet.

The flight crew initially declared a Mayday and subsequently requested vectors for a holding pattern at FL100 to dump fuel.
The flight then diverted to Liège Airport, Belgium, as this airport had a longer runway. A safe landing was made at 17:10 local time, one hour after takeoff from Maastricht Airport.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/6t5504/#26debe99
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/LGT5504/history/20210220/1525Z/EHBK/EBLG/tracklog
https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1566523397/vliegtuig-verliest-motoronderdelen-bij-maastricht-aachen-airport
https://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/en/page/18344/engine-failure-boeing-747-412bcf-meerssen

Photo of VQ-BWT courtesy AirHistory.net

Maastricht / Aachen (EHBK / MST)
20 February 2021; (c) Danny Grew

Photo: Onderzoeksraad voor Veiligheid