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Incident: British Airways B767 near London on Nov 9th 2015, engine shut down in flight
A British Airways Boeing 767-300, registration G-BZHA performing flight BA-632 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Athens (Greece), was climbing out of London when the crew stopped the climb at FL200 reporting a suspected fuel leak had prompted them to shut an engine (RB211) down. The aircraft returned to London Heathrow for a safe landing on runway 27L about 55 minutes after departure. (avherald.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I wish all news about airplains incidents were like this, whith happy end.
Re-open Manston (Kent International) Airport as soon as possible so incidents like these can safelt land reducing the risk of flying back all the way to London!!!!!
Awhile back a BA 747 had an engine fail on takeoff from LAX. The captain decided that the most suitable airport was LHR, and continued on his way. If it weren't for declaring a fuel emergency and landing at Manchester (and the subsequent press reports) the public probably wouldn't have taken any notice at all. The FAA took a dim view of the pilot's actions, but the CAA said he did nothing wrong.
Granted a 747 has 4 engines vs. two on a 767. However, the captain of the BA flight felt confident enough to continue the flight with one engine out for an unidentified reason (as far as the pilot could tell, he couldn't know why it surged) for thousands of miles. It would seem to be that shutdowns of modern engines are basically non events.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_268
Granted a 747 has 4 engines vs. two on a 767. However, the captain of the BA flight felt confident enough to continue the flight with one engine out for an unidentified reason (as far as the pilot could tell, he couldn't know why it surged) for thousands of miles. It would seem to be that shutdowns of modern engines are basically non events.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_268
The FAA took a dim view because it was a non-American crew and airline. Just kidding. In reality, all authorities and airlines would rather the pilot err on the side of caution. The pilots could not be 100% certain as to the engine failure. LAX to LHR is a huge quantity of fuel on board to dump/burn off prior to return to LAX. That's a long haul with the potential for many delays, re-routings, I think he's very lucky to of made it to Manchester.
I don't think the issue is the engine. They shut the engine down due to a suspected fuel leak. The Air Transat flight comes to mind. I assume they could isolate the fuel flow going to the engine and that's why it was shut down. Regardless, the pilots would still want to get back on the ground.
Hey Tony, 767 has 2 engines.