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Emirates A380 in a Sydney mid-air engine explosion
About 20 minutes after leaving Sydney, Emirates flight EK413 experienced an "engine fault" en route to Dubai, which then turn back for an emergency landing. (www.news.com.au) Más...I couldn't agree more with your comments Roger, about those childish comments made by Colin.
Look at the bright side, at least it was contained, unlike the QFA incident a few years (?) ago.
So sad!
DISTRESSED passengers told how they survived a mid-air emergency last night when an Emirates A380's engine exploded at 10,000 feet and forced it to turn back for an emergency landing.
Please get a grip!
One of the 4 engines quit! A decision was made to jettison fuel and land back at SYD. The aircraft could have been flown all the way to destination on 3 engines. The irony is there were no headlines that most of the other aircraft in the sky that night were operating very safely on 2 engines!
Please get a grip!
One of the 4 engines quit! A decision was made to jettison fuel and land back at SYD. The aircraft could have been flown all the way to destination on 3 engines. The irony is there were no headlines that most of the other aircraft in the sky that night were operating very safely on 2 engines!
Get a grip? Get with it. Sure, you can fly on three engines - providing your turbine/fan section containment works and does its job of preventing supersonic schrapnel from ripping holes in the wings and/or fuel tanks - as almost happened on that Quantas A380 turbine explosion and containment failure a couple years back out of Singapore on initial climb-out, raining engine and wing debris down on an Indonesian island about 25km South of the airport - remember that one Mike?
That event was traced to a faulty high pressure oil fitting feeding the Rolls Royce Trent turbine bearings which had been machined incorrectly and blew, leaving the turbine without oil pressure for its bearings - a very big deal. Only blind luck and an extra heavy dispensation of serendipity prevented a major air disaster. Look it up, you will see LARGE rents in the leading edge just ahead of the main spar.
I note that both of these events occurred on the initial climb phase of the flights when high power settings are used. If this (apparently) contained turbine/fan failure is due to the same or a similar cause, I am starting to wonder if I want to set foot on one of those 380s....that's two now in less than 2 years on the same engines on the same type of aircraft, and, statistically speaking, represents a very high catastrophic failure rate for any modern turbofan.
That event was traced to a faulty high pressure oil fitting feeding the Rolls Royce Trent turbine bearings which had been machined incorrectly and blew, leaving the turbine without oil pressure for its bearings - a very big deal. Only blind luck and an extra heavy dispensation of serendipity prevented a major air disaster. Look it up, you will see LARGE rents in the leading edge just ahead of the main spar.
I note that both of these events occurred on the initial climb phase of the flights when high power settings are used. If this (apparently) contained turbine/fan failure is due to the same or a similar cause, I am starting to wonder if I want to set foot on one of those 380s....that's two now in less than 2 years on the same engines on the same type of aircraft, and, statistically speaking, represents a very high catastrophic failure rate for any modern turbofan.
What motivates you to make that sort of irrational comment.