Heavymetal From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (11 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 1808 times:
Interesting post EG...however there doesn't seem to be a pattern in the similarity if incidences involved....I'm curious about the engine failure at Philly, but right away ask myself how often the same things happen on other models, and whether there's any mathmatical proof the GE engine on the A300-600 R is more prone to such incidences.
Scheduled 14 CFRPart 121 operation of Air Carrier AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC
Incident occurred Thursday, July 09, 1998 at LONDON
Aircraft:Airbus A300, registration: N70072
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On July 9, 1998, at 1130 gmt, an American Airlines Airbus A300, N70072, lost an engine in flight for unknown reasons. Upon landing, and after taxiing off the runway, the brakes caught fire and all main landing gear tires deflated. The incident is being investigated by the British Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
GDB From United Kingdom, joined May 2001, 12735 posts, RR: 79 Reply 5, posted (11 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1452 times:
I bet they won't, if they did why not ground B747-100's now we seem to know what happened to TWA 800? 100 still flying with no modifications to prevent a repetition, even if the chances of a repeat are extremely small.
Concorde was grounded because it could be, a tiny fleet, carrying a tiny, though very lucrative, number of pax. No disruption to world air traffic.
Anyway, although it's very early to speculate, my money would be on the attention being on the GE engines rather than the airframe.
GDB From United Kingdom, joined May 2001, 12735 posts, RR: 79 Reply 6, posted (11 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1451 times:
I bet they won't, if they did why not ground B747-100's now we seem to know what happened to TWA 800? 100 still flying with no modifications to prevent a repetition, even if the chances of a repeat are extremely small.
Concorde was grounded because it could be, a tiny fleet, carrying a tiny, though very lucrative, number of pax. No disruption to world air traffic.
Anyway, although it's very early to speculate, my money would be on the attention being on the GE engines rather than the airframe.
Chiawei From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 885 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (11 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1385 times:
GE CF6 has been reliable. And is by far the most common 744 engine as well.
If this ended up being confirmed as engine failure, that means majority of 744 will be grounded as well as well as some MD-11.
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