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Old 4th Nov 2010, 17:12
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ChristiaanJ
 
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Trivial detail re "drowning" engine #1.

A few posts mentioned the Etihad A340 in Toulouse.
In that case, engines #1 and #2 struck the blast wall, but both engines #3 and #4 kept running.
Engine #4 was indeed "drowned" after nearly three hours, using water and foam, but engine #3 kept running until the fuel was exhausted, because the engine was too close to the blast wall to get enough water and foam into the engine.

The QF32 story doesn't tell so far, if that one fire tender succeeded in stopping the engine or whether more were called in.
The photo seems to show the Trent couldn't have cared less about that one-hose jet....

CJ
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