Gonzalo From Chile, joined Aug 2005, 1673 posts, RR: 0 Posted (5 months 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 11363 times:
Phuket International is currently closed due to an incident where an AB A330 had an engine fire shortly after take off, and performed an emergency landing, apparently landed at or close to the MLW, since a lot ( or all ? ) tyres were blown upon landing.
Airport will remain closed until Dec. 21 05:00 LT ( Dec 20, 22:00 Zulu Time ).
qf340500 From Singapore, joined Oct 2011, 145 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (5 months 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 9812 times:
Good that everyone is fine.
DJ newswire says, however, that ONE tyre blew (not all) and that the fire on one engine was not confirmed yet, and that the incident occured an hour after take off (not immediately after)...
nethkt From Thailand, joined Apr 2001, 985 posts, RR: 3 Reply 2, posted (5 months 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 9721 times:
Emirates, Korean and Asiana flights were diverted to BKK last night.
Not to mention 2 THAI flights 1 744 to BKK and 1 330 to ICN with full pax onboard couldn't depart due runway closure.
Also last TG/PG flights from BKK was canceled.
Night time seem to be the peak period for HKT due to almost 10 Chinese flights and no parking space.
Now it will be even worse cause AB 330 will take one parking space. And this is high travel season!!
Phuket airport needs to get done with the expansion!!
Don't be annoyed knowing the passengers around you are non-revs and op-upgraders, be grateful for them. Life is beautifu
andrewtang From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2001, 457 posts, RR: 9 Reply 5, posted (5 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 7423 times:
Quoting nethkt (Reply 4): Quoting covert (Reply 3):
Looks like EY resourcefully diverted its 77W scheduled for VTBS-OMAA to pick up the strandees.
Can you please elaborate?
Etihad Flight number 403 was supposed to fly direct from Bangkok to Abu Dhabi but they re-routed and added a stop at Phuket to pick up the passengers from this Air Berlin flight.
CPDC10-30 From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2000, 4759 posts, RR: 26 Reply 8, posted (5 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3279 times:
Quoting flyenthu (Reply 7): Is this the first engine failure of this type for A330?
I'm sure there have been many engine failures in the 20 years that the A330 has been flying. As there have been for the 777. Not sure what you're getting at.
RickNRoll From Afghanistan, joined Jan 2012, 476 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (5 months 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2983 times:
Quoting flyenthu (Reply 7):
Is this the first engine failure of this type for A330? I will be flying in one day after tomorrow. Do not like these news rights before a flight.
It's always hard to get the facts from news stories. It looks like the pilots earned their pay that day, but the A330 is designed to fly on one engine and it did so safely. The A330 is no more dangerous than any of the other major planes in the sky these days, so changing your flight to a different plane won't make you any safer than staying with the original one you booked. There is always a level of danger in flying, but the trip to the airport is more dangerous than the flight itself.
Roseflyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 8739 posts, RR: 52 Reply 11, posted (5 months 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2759 times:
Quoting flyenthu (Reply 7): Is this the first engine failure of this type for A330? I will be flying in one day after tomorrow. Do not like these news rights before a flight.
While not the first, it isn't necesarily a common problem. In order to maintain ETOPS operations, the airline has to have less than a threshold number of engine shutdowns in a year long period. The requirement is that an airline has less than 1 shutdown in 50,000 flight hours. Most airlines with strong maintenance programs have rates less than half of that.
On average, any given airplane (not airplane type, but serial number xxx delivered yyy) will have about 1 engine shutdown during its lifetime.
If you have never designed an airplane part before, let the real designers do the work!
EK413 From Australia, joined Nov 2003, 3905 posts, RR: 4 Reply 14, posted (5 months 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2590 times:
Quoting andrewtang (Reply 5): Quoting nethkt (Reply 4):
Quoting covert (Reply 3):
Looks like EY resourcefully diverted its 77W scheduled for VTBS-OMAA to pick up the strandees.
Can you please elaborate?
Etihad Flight number 403 was supposed to fly direct from Bangkok to Abu Dhabi but they re-routed and added a stop at Phuket to pick up the passengers from this Air Berlin flight.
Sorry for asking but if the airport was closed with several diversions how did EY manage to land HKT...?
EK413 From Australia, joined Nov 2003, 3905 posts, RR: 4 Reply 16, posted (5 months 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1878 times:
Quoting andrewtang (Reply 15): Quoting EK413 (Reply 14):
Sorry for asking but if the airport was closed with several diversions how did EY manage to land HKT...?
Nah, the AB incident occurred on the 20th Dec at late night and EY only flew into HKT the next morning when the runway was re-opened.
Cheers, that certainly clears it up... Thought EY was given special priority while others had to divert...
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