A380 with a 'technical issue'...
09-30-2017, 10:59 AM
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A380 with a 'technical issue'...
Not strictly model related, but an A380 has diverted to Goose Bay with what Air France described as a 'techical issue'... No sh1t...
Should have bought Rolls Royce... ;-)
Should have bought Rolls Royce... ;-)
09-30-2017, 02:19 PM
#9
Not strictly model related, but an A380 has diverted to Goose Bay with what Air France described as a 'techical issue'... No sh1t...
Should have bought Rolls Royce... ;-)
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Should have bought Rolls Royce... ;-)
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09-30-2017, 09:44 PM
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Yeah, right ....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_32
Should have bought Rolls Royce... ;-)
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Yeah, right ....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_32
09-30-2017, 11:51 PM
#11
Lol. I love the media saying " the engine lost its cover ".
They have absolutely no clue what they are talking about.
The engine freaking threw its N1 stage in cruise! This could have had catastrophic consequences as the whole fan appears to have flown forward, partly destroying cowling, pylon and systems around in the process. ( looks like the curvic coupling is still in position/ that could mean LP shaft did not shear ). Airplane was loosing parts on the runway. Hydraulic leak/ slats damage. Should the fan have hit the airframe, I would not have given much chance to the aircraft.
Regarding RR vs GP, don't forget that the Quantas accident in Singapore was due to a RR blowing its IPT stage 1 away after takeoff, sending sharpnels everywhere, including in the cabin!
However, this one is a very rare failure, much more concerning than the one that hapenned to Quantas 32. This might ground the GP fleet...
They have absolutely no clue what they are talking about.
The engine freaking threw its N1 stage in cruise! This could have had catastrophic consequences as the whole fan appears to have flown forward, partly destroying cowling, pylon and systems around in the process. ( looks like the curvic coupling is still in position/ that could mean LP shaft did not shear ). Airplane was loosing parts on the runway. Hydraulic leak/ slats damage. Should the fan have hit the airframe, I would not have given much chance to the aircraft.
Regarding RR vs GP, don't forget that the Quantas accident in Singapore was due to a RR blowing its IPT stage 1 away after takeoff, sending sharpnels everywhere, including in the cabin!
However, this one is a very rare failure, much more concerning than the one that hapenned to Quantas 32. This might ground the GP fleet...
Last edited by olnico; 10-01-2017 at 12:05 AM.
10-01-2017, 12:42 AM
#12
Spot on Oli. The engine failure of the Trent on the QF 380 was caused by an oil fire ( caused by misaligned machining of an oil pipe supplied by a third party, ( but still RR responsibility) leading to a LP turbine burst. It was serious because the shrapnel was under the wing leading to multiple systems failures and ECAM messages. At least the Fan on this engine was ahead of the wing, minimising, but far from eliminating, secondary damage.
This is failure looks even more serious than QF. Clearly the shaft has broken. Thank god it went forward, the whole fan hitting the fuselage could have been catastrophic.
.......and before Boomerang, or anyone else, starts on RR engines ( one of which holds a record 41,000 hours on the wing) he might care to look up the causes of failures on two AA GE CF 6, turbine bursts, one of which cut the keel of the aircraft , writing it off, fortunately during ground running. .....and which engines were powering the SR 777 which diverted to Inqualit, following an oil problem and the EK 388 which suffered a turbine disc failure out of SYD. ( clue for boom , not RR! )
All engine manufacturers have failures . It's an extremely rare occurrence but it happens in an imperfect world.
Lots of discussion and pictures on Prune.
DG
PS we had a catastrophic failure of a model engine yesterday, compressor failure, a bizarre coincidence.
This is failure looks even more serious than QF. Clearly the shaft has broken. Thank god it went forward, the whole fan hitting the fuselage could have been catastrophic.
.......and before Boomerang, or anyone else, starts on RR engines ( one of which holds a record 41,000 hours on the wing) he might care to look up the causes of failures on two AA GE CF 6, turbine bursts, one of which cut the keel of the aircraft , writing it off, fortunately during ground running. .....and which engines were powering the SR 777 which diverted to Inqualit, following an oil problem and the EK 388 which suffered a turbine disc failure out of SYD. ( clue for boom , not RR! )
All engine manufacturers have failures . It's an extremely rare occurrence but it happens in an imperfect world.
Lots of discussion and pictures on Prune.
DG
PS we had a catastrophic failure of a model engine yesterday, compressor failure, a bizarre coincidence.
Last edited by David Gladwin; 10-01-2017 at 09:47 AM.
10-05-2017, 05:52 AM
#16
HA! I love some of the hashtags attached to some of the articles out there......I just saw one of a window picture with the sentence "Air France Engine Explodes over Atlantic" and the hashtag said #Birdstrike possible..............Unless it was a ruppell griffin vulture, it doesnt take a genius to know that most/all birds dont just normally cruise around at flight level 370 ;-)
