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Old 21st Nov 2013, 00:04
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Originally Posted by Glofish
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There are exceptions to the general rule...
I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned QF32. IIRC that little drama started out with a single (albeit uncontained) engine failure on a 380.
Contained...


Uncontained...


DIFFERENCE maybe?????

It is actually an interesting case.

Uncontained, yes, but basically only on one side. It shows that an engine on the same side might be affected by an uncontained failure (i.e. AF Concorde) of its neighbor. Here the second engine refused to respond to the throttles. Remains to prove why the third engine, the one that did no longer respond as well but was located on the other side, was influenced by the uncontained failure. Was it software influence? Then the software glitches mentioned earlier on this thread come into play. Else why would an engine on the opposite side be influenced? Or does tdracers experience come into play?

Anyway, as i said an interesting case ........
The QF 380 was an interesting case. My point however regarding the contained v uncontained failure is that THIS thread is about the EK 380 that had a contained failure and continued for some hours. Why are posters confusing the issues here?
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