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Don81603 From Canada, joined Jul 2005, 1185 posts, RR: 0
Posted (6 years 1 week 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 2807 times:

Yesterday (May 6, approximately 12:15 local time) I watched a Westjet 737 climbing out of Thunder Bay from runway 07. I was a bit concerned at the climb out for 2 main reasons:
1/ The climb was extremely shallow, closer to the sink rate when on approach.
2/ That 737 was smoking something bad from the starboard engine, yet it didn't appear to be turning around to return with some type of engine trouble.

I can't think of any reason for the shallow climb out, as there was no other air traffic in the area I could see to be avoided.

Any thoughts on this?

Thanks.

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

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Jamesbuk From United Kingdom, joined May 2005, 3968 posts, RR: 5
Reply 1, posted (6 years 1 week 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 2784 times:

1) I think it was probably Very close to MTOW

2) Maybe the oil was topped up at the turnaround or the aircraft had been in maintenance so there was residue oil sitting in the engine.

Rgds --James00

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Rwessel From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 1989 posts, RR: 2
Reply 2, posted (6 years 1 week 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 2637 times:

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Remember too that they wouldn't turn back instantly in the case of an engine failure. Unless there was some pressing reason (for example the airplane is on fire), they'd fly off to evaluate the situation and burn/dump fuel, and only then make a calm single engine landing.

Pilotaydin From Turkey, joined Sep 2004, 2498 posts, RR: 50
Reply 3, posted (6 years 1 week 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 2634 times:

if there isn't a fire, we usually follow the SID pattern in an engine failure, if not the engine out SID, if there is a fire you try to do immediate return pattern procedures on the downwind....

stuff always comes out the engine, im sure it was a derate/assumed temp climb to save engine life
OR sometimes we climb super shallow incase we have super old engines and we want the EGT to stay within limits Wink

The only time there is too much fuel onboard, is when you're on fire!

XT6Wagon From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 3129 posts, RR: 4
Reply 4, posted (6 years 1 week 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2586 times:

Noise regulations may have kept the thrust down for part of the flight. Noise regulations create all sorts of strange flight profiles.

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