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Old 23rd Jul 2007, 07:54
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Bolty McBolt
 
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Non-ETOPS and without the APU, I guess they'd be down to single generator (or does A330-200 have an HMG?). Doubt it.
It has a big HMG good for 11 KVa when driven by the EDPs (4KVa off the RAT)
APU was inop due was making metal and airbus are very sensitive about APUs as they tend to fly apart when they fail so any metal found on the magnetic chip detectors on a A330, the APU is immediately inop-ed as it was in this case on the brand new A/C. Dead APU does not effect ETOPS

One engine failed, looks like the same fault that caused QFs and other operators IFSDs. Metering valve resolver failure......
The engines supplied should have had a mod to prevent this from happening as the regulatory authorities tend to get miffed when engines fail on twin engine aircraft but it looks like the problem persisits.

Aircraft landed without drama one engine dead, 1 engine working with its Generator operating fine. I doubt the pax on a non IFE aircraft would know if you had 1 2 or 3 generators operating or available. 1 Gen is more than enough to cope with the loads.

A bit surprised the divert went to DPS. The aircraft could be there a while/days, while parts are sourced and shipped to destination. Looks like the Jet* star crew are going to get a bali layover afterall but at what lengths
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