Atlas Air 747-8 inflight engine fire

[DIBO]

"MAYDAY, MAYDAY" was declared, so that's already a good point for the crew

Atlas Air's Boeing cargo plane makes emergency landing after engine malfunction

You Tube

[TURIN]

I thought this looks like compressor stall and multiple surges at first. Not so sure now. Good job gents.

[DIBO]

they didn't waste any time to get back on the ground, it seems

FR24: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/a...859gt#33ac35b1

[PENKO]

Looks like a bit more than a simple stall, with bits and pieces falling out of the back!

[Magplug]

With such a short hop to SJU they may well have already been below MLW..... One less thing to think about

[LOWI]

Was 74Gear onboard?

[DIBO]

Not sure about below MLW, "53 tonnes fuel / 5 hours on board" reported by the crew

[747-8driver]

Originally Posted by DIBO

Not sure about below MLW, "53 tonnes fuel / 5 hours on board" reported by the crew

OEW is roughly 195T
MLW 346T so unless they had more than 100T of payload..

[Jhieminga]

Atlas Air 747-8 engine running a bit hot

Twitter

Looks like something worth returning for... No.2 engine causing the crew to return to Miami.

[DIBO]

Originally Posted by 747-8driver

MLW 346T

indeed, I had incorrectly 306T, but that seems to be for the -8I


In the meantime, attached the KMIA Departure comm's for Giant95 filtered out (in .zip as per forum requirements)

Originally Posted by LOWI

Was 74Gear onboard?

Who knows, I've the impression the pilot (on the comm's) is non-native US ... requesting the QNH

[Out Of Trim]

Originally Posted by DIBO

Not sure about below MLW, "53 tonnes fuel / 5 hours on board" reported by the crew

listen again… He actually said 5 Souls onboard!

[Saab Dastard]

Already being discussed here: https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/...gine-fire.html

[IBMJunkman]

My first thought, too. Hopefully he does a video anyway.

Originally Posted by LOWI

Was 74Gear onboard?

[Lomon]

Originally Posted by Out Of Trim

listen again… He actually said 5 Souls onboard!

Wonder how many dead bodies he was carrying as cargo?

[FUMR]

Originally Posted by Out Of Trim

listen again… He actually said 5 Souls onboard!

If my memory is correct he's at one point asked what the fuel on board equates to and there he mentions 5 hours.

[procede]

Looks like they were dispensing flares...

[DIBO]

Originally Posted by FUMR

If my memory is correct he's at one point asked what the fuel on board equates to and there he mentions 5 hours.

indeed, 5 hours was even mentioned twice in the recording:
00:31 about 5 hours of ... fuel on board
00:45 we have 53 tonnes on board
00:50 about 5 hours

[Teddy Robinson]

GE engine B747F engine fire after takeoff

Well handled, the engineering report regarding cause of this failure will be interesting

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/349997

[Check Airman]

I long for the day when ATC stops distracting crews by asking for hours of fuel. If I’m busy with an emergency, that’s the last thing I’m thinking of.

Surely there’s a table they can be provided that gives them a rough conversion to endurance. Any number I give over the radio is probably going to be an equally rough estimate.

[Pilot DAR]

I long for the day when ATC stops distracting crews by asking for hours of fuel.

For my (happily few) communications with ATC during situations of great pilot stress, I have found that my response to such questions of: "Cannot Comply" usually redirects ATC to not worry about such details. If they really, really have to know, they'll ask again when my stress level is lessened....