Originally Posted by
slate100
I'm wondering about this scenario in an A320...
Engine fire at Vr.
400 feet you run the ECAM action and you secure the engine.
But... let's assume the engine fire does not go out. The light stays illuminated.
What do you? Do you do a 180 degree turn and land back on the departure runway? Or do you continue normally... push to level off and clean up, and complete the Ecam...
I recall an instructor said you have roughly 7 minutes to live with an uncontained fire.
I'm not so sure about the conversation with the instructor's statement..
Of course you fly the aircraft first, You are then dependent on the ability to defeat the fire. The odds (borne out historically) are definitely with you once airborne.Engine fires either stay with the engine a short time (until fuel cutoff) or end up behind you in a slip stream. Either way over a longer time, you always have the ability to confirm with eyeballs what is buining outside the engine and to take additional considered actions to get on the ground quickly