PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - EK Boston Engine Trouble
View Single Post
Old 12th Aug 2014, 07:56
  #9 (permalink)  
square leg
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Mahlangeni
Posts: 204
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
After engine shut down (during taxi as a fuel saving measure) a tailpipe fire occurred (or so it seems).

Luckily the other engine was still running to assist with the tail pipe fire CL.

I'd rather be taxiing with one engine running than parked at a gate with no engines running and no APU running whilst a tail pipe fire is in progress.

A flight is never over until the last pax/crew have disembarked and/or the next crew/engineer takes responsibility of the aircraft after parking it.

I am pretty sure they handled it just fine.
square leg is offline