Malindo AT72 at Kuala Lumpur on Mar 26th 2014, engine fire

A Malindo Air Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-600, registration 9M-LMH performing flight OD-1804 from Kuala Lumpur Subang to Kuala Terengganu (Malaysia), was climbing out of Subang Airport's runway 33 when the crew stopped the climb at 7000 feet reporting the left hand engine (PW127M) on fire. The crew shut the engine down, discharged the fire suppression systems and extinguished the fire. The aircraft returned to Subang for a safe landing on runway 15 about 17 minutes after departure.

The aircraft was carrying the soccer team of Terrengganu, the team's midfielder tweeted the photo below.

The airline confirmed one of the aircraft's engines caught fire soon after takeoff, the engine was shut down and discharged the engine's fire bottles. The aircraft returned to Subang Airport, there were no injuries. The passengers took another flight leaving about 2.5 hours later.

Left hand engine on fire (Photo: Andy Telasai):