Incident: Qantas B744 at Bangkok on May 20th 2011, engine shut down in flight
Incident:
Qantas B744 at Bangkok on May 20th 2011, engine shut down in flight
By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, May 20th 2011 07:09Z, last updated Friday, May 20th 2011 07:09Z
A Qantas Boeing 747-400, registration VH-OJL performing flight QF-1 from Bangkok (Thailand) to London Heathrow,EN (UK) with 308 passengers, returned to Bangkok shortly after takeoff after the crew decided to shut an engine (RB211) down. The airplane landed in Bangkok safely about 2 hours after departure.
The airline said shortly after takeoff there was an increase in vibration and high temperature from one of the four engines so the pilots shut this engine down and returned to Bangkok as a precaution.
Incident: Qantas B744 near Singapore on Nov 5th 2010, engine failure
Incident:
Qantas B744 near Singapore on May 9th 2011, engine shut down in flight.
By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, May 10th 2011 12:45Z, last updated Tuesday, May 10th 2011 12:45Z
A Qantas Boeing 747-400, registration VH-OJH performing flight QF-5 from Sydney,NS (Australia) to Singapore (Singapore), was enroute about one hour before landing when engine #4 (RB211, outboard right hand) showed unusually high exhaust gas temperatures and vibrations prompting the crew to shut the engine down. The crew continued for a safe landing in Singapore.
A replacement Boeing 747-400 registration VH-OJC continued the onward leg and reached Frankfurt with a delay of 80 minutes.
The incident engine is about to be replaced.