AirFrance B777 diverted to LED
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AirFrance B777 diverted to LED
as far as i remmember it is the second time. same model had an IFSD one year ago during winter time. same air france model had to shut down an engine diverted to irkutsk.the companey send a new engine which was replaced under very unfavorable conditions..
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AF has changed their scheduled flight LED-CDG equipment from A320 to A340-300 same evening and took pax home with some 8 hours delay.
B773 is still there and needs an engine change, there are lots of damaged and partly missing blades as I've heard.
B773 is still there and needs an engine change, there are lots of damaged and partly missing blades as I've heard.
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From: KIAD east downwind
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That guy who posted the photos has a great sense of humour:
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If some foreign people are here - text is in Russian. You may quickly learn it or only have a look at the pictures. In that case you will not miss anything interesting.
If some foreign people are here - text is in Russian. You may quickly learn it or only have a look at the pictures. In that case you will not miss anything interesting.
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Ooops
I hate to correct BOEING777X, but the 777-300ER/GE90-115B went the first 3 years of operation without an IFSD - which was outstanding, but now I have counted 5 (five) IFSD in the last 5 months. I guess the honeymoon is over!
Difficult to see what the primary cause of this failure might be, so many types failures could cause this sort of damage.
I guess the failure must have happened in cruise as well, which is unusual.
Difficult to see what the primary cause of this failure might be, so many types failures could cause this sort of damage.
I guess the failure must have happened in cruise as well, which is unusual.
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Well when this happens the last thing you need is a journalist on board :
This morning Le Figaro has the following headline :
The fear of my life between Beijing and Paris !
Basically nothing serious , safe landing and replacement aircraft sent ( an A340 ) meant pax were landing in CDG 8,5 hours late .
For those who can read French here is the link : http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualites/20...ekin-paris.php
This morning Le Figaro has the following headline :
The fear of my life between Beijing and Paris !
Basically nothing serious , safe landing and replacement aircraft sent ( an A340 ) meant pax were landing in CDG 8,5 hours late .
For those who can read French here is the link : http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualites/20...ekin-paris.php
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well the french article says about the fear of one passenger like a bit dramatic situation but it does not seem a real emergency.
According to the picture from the russian newspaper's pictures, could some ice(also something on the leading edge).
According to the picture from the russian newspaper's pictures, could some ice(also something on the leading edge).
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With the disclaimer that my Russian is far from perfect, but 'Sufferer', the author of the piece in the link posted by dvv, certainly seems to suggest that this the case.
