Hi,
Just a vaguely related question,
I was on a very empty (passenger wise) AA 777 sitting at the start of the runway at O'hare, the engines were spooled up, the whole airframe was vibrating heavily, and there was a large roar from the engines, but we held there for about 30 seconds on the brakes. It seemed silly to me, the possibility of chunks of ice being taken into the engine I guessed was large?
Why? This was in the winter, just guess work but..was this to burn away de-icer entered into the engine before PACKS switched on to prevent smoke ingress into the cabin? Was this to ensure Engine nacelle and wing anti-ice given a working before take-off to remove ice??
Interestingly we had an engine failure on the flight, with a visible stream of fuel from the engine, and had to emergency land in JFK, any link between the two??
Many thanks for any info.
Tom.
[This message has been edited by tom775257 (edited 25 May 2001).]