Beforeburner

Afterburners are cool, but this looks more like a beforeburner, and not exactly what you want to see when you look out the window.

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This Red Wings Tupolev 204 had just taken off from Ufa on the morning of August 22, bound for Sochi, when fire erupted in the number 1 engine. The pilots declared an emergency and returned to the airport, where all 202 passengers evacuated safely and the fire was extinguished.