Now on french TV an AF B777 from Beijing to Paris CDG landed at St Petersburg.
Any other news?
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Apparently in-flight engine failure. Landed with 1 engine. I think it was a B777-300ER with 304 pax.
But not such a big event... those journalists always want burning issues to scare the public...
But not such a big event... those journalists always want burning issues to scare the public...
RE: AF B777 Emergency Landing At LED
How many in flight shutdowns has their been for the GE-90-11xb? unintentional ones of course. journalists love making things sound bad, nothing like a good plane incident for the Sunday night news.
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| Quoting Flipdewaf (Reply 2): How many in flight shutdowns has their been for the GE-90-11xb |
AFAIK, the GE90-115B fleet has not had an IFSD while in commercial service until this one now; if the ac in question is confirmed to be a 77W it'll be the first.
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| Quoting Raggi (Reply 3): AFAIK, the GE90-115B fleet has not had an IFSD while in commercial service until this one now; if the ac in question is confirmed to be a 77W it'll be the first. raggi |
I thought as much. Any clue how many hours those engines have done so far? Even if it is a 77W the record for GE is very good.
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| Quoting Flipdewaf (Reply 4): |
I just read on geae.com that the GE90-115B celebrated one million flight hours in March 07. Go to the press release archive to see it.
Very good record for GE indeed. The -115B has proven itself, no doubt!
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RE: AF B777 Emergency Landing At LED
Does that make a second emergency landing for AF B 777 in a Russian airport? As I recall in Dec 2005 an AF B777 had to land in Irkutsk, also coz of an engine shutdown (or the crew had to shut it down..?). That time it was reported the replacement engine had to be shipped and fitted right there at Irkutsk.
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RE: AF B777 Emergency Landing At LED
A 777 enroute from PEK to CDG had to land in LED due to an inflight shutdown/engine failure
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AF had a 772ER IFSD diverted to Siberia last year, how does this latest affect their Etops ops.
RE: AF B777 Emergency Landing At LED
| Quoting AirGabon (Reply 1): Apparently in-flight engine failure. Landed with 1 engine. I think it was a B777-300ER with 304 pax. |
MOSCOW: A Boeing 777 flying from Beijing to Paris was forced to make an emergency landing in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported.
The aircraft had to land after the failure of its left engine, the three main Russian news agencies reported. News agencies said 304 people were aboard and that there were no casualties.
The twin-engine Boeing was operated by Air France, ITAR-TASS quoted an unidentified representative at Saint Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport as saying. Airport officials and the city’s Emergency Situations Ministry could not be immediately reached for comment.â€â€AFP
Its great to read that everyone onboard was safe and sound.
RE: AF B777 Emergency Landing At LED
Being an aircraft completely able to fly with one engine, is this considered an emergency landing?
Good nothing else happened but far from an emergency landing I would tend to see it differently.
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Good nothing else happened but far from an emergency landing I would tend to see it differently.
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| Quoting 797 (Reply 10): Being an aircraft completely able to fly with one engine, is this considered an emergency landing? |
If the pilot declared an emergency, then yes. That's what an emergency landing is.
If not, then no.
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RE: AF B777 Emergency Landing At LED
The first response here, of course, is always "Oh, it's just those journalists who don't know anything about aviation, trying to create a sensational story". But if you ask me, in-flight engine failure of a 777 is a big event. I don't think it has happened very often, and when it does, it's pretty significant.
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I think for a 2 Engine aircraft losing 1 Engine, it is a requirements to declare emergency. But for a 4 engine aircraft losing 1 engine, only a PANPAN call is required (although, the pilot could declear emergency if they feels the need to do so). It never hurts to declear MAYDAY if you have a problem (like engine failure and you've got all the support team on the ground ready if it is a MAYDAY call but not necessary for a PANPAN call) and downgrade it later after everything is under control (ie: no fire, etc).
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RE: AF B777 Emergency Landing At LED
| Quoting Jawed (Reply 12): But if you ask me, in-flight engine failure of a 777 is a big event. |
It is a 'big event', but only for the airline and concerned manufacturers as they'll need to investigate what happened.
Safety-wise, it's pretty benign, and yes, journalist always overemphasize these incident into near-catastrophic events because: 1/ they don't know anything about aviation (most people don't) and to them, 'emergency' means life threatening situation, even though it often is not, and 2/ It sells, as this excerpt A380BWI used shows:
| Quoting A380BWI (Reply 9): News agencies said 304 people were aboard and that there were no casualties. |
| Quoting A380BWI (Reply 9): Emergency Situations Ministry could not be immediately reached for comment |
No casualties? Emergency Situation Ministry? For an enroute engine failure? Now if that's not exaggeration, I don't know what is. A road bus that blows a tire on the highway is a much more dangerous scenario for passengers than that, yet you never hear about it on the news.
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Aircraft involved was F-GSQE and the flight arrived back in Paris at 3am, or almost 10 hours behind schedule.
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| Quoting Raggi (Reply 3): AFAIK, the GE90-115B fleet has not had an IFSD while in commercial service until this one now; if the ac in question is confirmed to be a 77W it'll be the first. |
So what type was on the B777 during IFSD and subsequent landing last year in Irkutsk, Russia?'
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| Quoting Milan320 (Reply 16): Quoting Raggi (Reply 3): AFAIK, the GE90-115B fleet has not had an IFSD while in commercial service until this one now; if the ac in question is confirmed to be a 77W it'll be the first. So what type was on the B777 during IFSD and subsequent landing last year in Irkutsk, Russia?' Cheers. /Milan |
That was an AF B777-200ER (GE90-94B) which was stuck in Irkutsk.
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RE: AF B777 Emergency Landing At LED
| Quoting HB-IWC (Reply 15): Aircraft involved was F-GSQE and the flight arrived back in Paris at 3am, or almost 10 hours behind schedule. |
Did this aircraft continue the flight or was a subtitute flown in? If it was the same aircraft it would likely have been a faulty indication requiring the crew to shut down or reduce power wouldn't it?
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| Quoting A380BWI (Reply 9): Its great to read that everyone onboard was safe and sound. |
Twins with ETOPS are engineered to land safely with one engine, as long as they land within the ETOPS time restrictions, which is always the case if the routes are planned appropriately. So there is virtually no reason why anyone could have been hurt (besides pax freaking out...).
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| Quoting 797 (Reply 10): Being an aircraft completely able to fly with one engine, is this considered an emergency landing? |
| Quoting Francoflier (Reply 14): Safety-wise, it's pretty benign, and yes, journalist always overemphasize these incident into near-catastrophic events because: 1/ they don't know anything about aviation (most people don't) and to them, 'emergency' means life threatening situation, even though it often is not, and 2/ It sells, as this excerpt A380BWI used shows: |
Yes, the 777 is designed to fly with one engine only, but in order to survive engine failure it needs to have 2 running engines to start with! Failure of the second engine would turn it into a glider, which I don't think the 777 was designed to be! And yes, before you tell me that statistically a dual flame-out is statistically virtually impossible, accident and incident databases show that this has happened quite a few times in the past, whether due to volcanic ash, water or ice ingestion, or fuel deprivation. So unless the pilots here could be absolutely certain that the cause of the engine failure was not one that could affect both engines simultaneously, surely this situation had to be considered an emergency. Anyway, I find it too easy to dismiss this kind of incidents as minor, while seating safely on the ground! I have never experienced an engine failure in the air, but I know that if it were to happen I would be quite scared, even with all the knowledge about aviation I have acquired over the years.
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| Quoting YULWinterSkies (Reply 19): Twins with ETOPS are engineered to land safely with one engine, as long as they land within the ETOPS time restrictions, |
The ability for a twin to land safely on one engine is not exclusive to twins that are ETOP's certified. The ability to land on one engine is a certification requirement from the beginning, and is separate from ETOP's certification. Even if a twin loses one engine, the maximum distance it can fly depends on the remaining fuel load. The ETOP's time restriction is merely the maximum flying time the aircraft can be away from a suitable diversion airport. The remaining engine will continue to run as long as there is fuel, even if this time limit is exceeded.
Regards, JetMech
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RE: AF B777 Emergency Landing At LED
Looks like one of those famous stray high altitude geese?????? Anyone with details?????
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| Quoting Beaucaire (Reply 22): impressive pictures... |
Clearly not just a simple engine shut down. With debris hitting the horizontal stabilizer and maybe other parts of the plane, this shows that this kind of incident has the potential of developping into an real emergency. One reason why I cannot understand that people are so dismissive of this kind of events and accuse everyone of overreacting. I for one would rather be in a car blowing a tyre on the highway (happened to me before) than in a plane suffering this kind of engine failure at 35,000 feet in the air.
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It would probably take some double failure of twins on 207minute ETOPS somewhere in the Pacific to voice the call for tri-engine design...
Lets face it -if it can happen it will happen sooner or later ,that either a 777 ,787 or A330 will have double flame-outs.
The chances of that to happen are very slim but mathematically real.
So far nothing happened - but the luck is not always on the side of the courageous...
Lets face it -if it can happen it will happen sooner or later ,that either a 777 ,787 or A330 will have double flame-outs.
The chances of that to happen are very slim but mathematically real.
So far nothing happened - but the luck is not always on the side of the courageous...
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RE: AF B777 Emergency Landing At LED
Any news on what is happening with this bird? Still stuck at Pulkovo?
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