SAA's London Flight out of Cape Town in trouble?
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Originally Posted by Spetsnaz
So was it a bird ....
Will we ever know?
Will we ever know?
OTD fifth pod definitely not 'blanked off', drag would be too great. Rotating parts held in position to minimise drag. Performance is adjusted accordingly.
Fan blades are removed, and an airflow guide installed in their place. Not much used today, apparently it is cheaper to airfreight an engine? Also the 'fifth pod kit' costs a bomb, and many companies don't want to carry it on inventory.
Last edited by SortieIII; 22nd Jan 2006 at 17:32.
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It's a quiet Sunday evening, so I had a dabble in Airliners.net
Opps, half a tick, I'll try again ... Nope, for some reason I cannot get the URL's to link on this occasion, so you will have to do the hard work.
1) Airliners.net
2) Search for 744 (without specifying the model number)
3) In 'Keywords' enter "spare engine". I got 13 pics to view
Opps, half a tick, I'll try again ... Nope, for some reason I cannot get the URL's to link on this occasion, so you will have to do the hard work.
1) Airliners.net
2) Search for 744 (without specifying the model number)
3) In 'Keywords' enter "spare engine". I got 13 pics to view
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Originally Posted by PAXboy
Nope, for some reason I cannot get the URL's to link on this occasion, so you will have to do the hard work.
For those who want to do the search, I think that you'll need to specify Boeing 747 without model number - but then you do get a gratifying number of pics.
Interesting to see quite a recent example - http://www.airliners.net/open.file/635769/M/
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Thanks Globaliser, I spent some time copying and editing the URLs and, for the first time ever, could not get them to format correctly. I seem to recall that the external ferry postion is still available but engines can now be fitted into freighters more easily, or carried externally on freighters, rather than on revenue service pax flights?
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Sortie 3,
Thank you for the correction. You are absolutely right of course, it is so long ago since I did one my mind is banked off. I meant to convey the idea of the fan not rotating.
Anyway, not everyone did it properly :
Oh, the paste failed , don’t know how to paste pictures.
oTd
Thank you for the correction. You are absolutely right of course, it is so long ago since I did one my mind is banked off. I meant to convey the idea of the fan not rotating.
Anyway, not everyone did it properly :
Oh, the paste failed , don’t know how to paste pictures.
oTd
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Confirmation that an SAA 744 has the ability to transport fifth engine.
SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS (SAA) ENGINE PROBLEM IN ACCRA, GHANA, CAUSES KNOCK ON EFFECT
JOHANNESBURG. 24 January 2006. South African Airways (SAA) flight SA208, that departed from Washington on 23 January to Johannesburg, via Accra, had an engine failure on take off from Accra and had to turn back.
This flight is now delayed and passengers are being accommodated in hotels in Accra. These passengers will be accommodated on flight SA208, due to depart from Washington today at 17h25 (S.A. local time).
SA058, due to have departed from Johannesburg today at 12:30, is now delayed to depart at 20:00 tonight. This aircraft has been rescheduled to depart as SA9058. This delay is as a result of the need to fit a fifth Boeing 747-400 aircraft engine, to that flight, to be transported to Accra to replace the defective engine on SA208. The additional engine will be attached to the wing of SA 9058. SAA technicians will also be on the flight.
SA058 was rescheduled to operate Johannesburg, Accra, Lagos, and Abidjan as SA9058, to enable SAA to deliver the serviceable aircraft engine and technicians to Accra.
The grounded aircraft in Accra will be ferried back to Johannesburg, without any passengers on board, as soon as the engine change is completed in Accra.
The total delay on departure from Johannesburg is 8 hours 30 minutes.
Passengers destined for Lagos and Abidjan scheduled to travel on flight
SA058 were given letters and meal vouchers at the check in counters during normal check in procedures (when the knock on effect became apparent). Part of the First Class passengers decided to stay in the SAA First Class lounge, while a group of First Class passengers from Sao Paulo remained in transit at the transit lounge. One passenger decided to go home and SAA staff will keep in contact with him.
A further knock on effect is the cancellation of flights SA234 scheduled to have departed today from Johannesburg for London at 21:15, as well as the return flight SA9235 that was due to depart from London for Johannesburg at 20:00 tomorrow.
SAA foresees that its schedule will be normalised by tomorrow night. The knock-on effect of the single incident has resulted in a number of our customers being greatly inconvenienced and SAA would like to apologise for this. SAA would also like to assure our customers that matter is receiving urgent attention and will be resolved as speedily as possible.
JOHANNESBURG. 24 January 2006. South African Airways (SAA) flight SA208, that departed from Washington on 23 January to Johannesburg, via Accra, had an engine failure on take off from Accra and had to turn back.
This flight is now delayed and passengers are being accommodated in hotels in Accra. These passengers will be accommodated on flight SA208, due to depart from Washington today at 17h25 (S.A. local time).
SA058, due to have departed from Johannesburg today at 12:30, is now delayed to depart at 20:00 tonight. This aircraft has been rescheduled to depart as SA9058. This delay is as a result of the need to fit a fifth Boeing 747-400 aircraft engine, to that flight, to be transported to Accra to replace the defective engine on SA208. The additional engine will be attached to the wing of SA 9058. SAA technicians will also be on the flight.
SA058 was rescheduled to operate Johannesburg, Accra, Lagos, and Abidjan as SA9058, to enable SAA to deliver the serviceable aircraft engine and technicians to Accra.
The grounded aircraft in Accra will be ferried back to Johannesburg, without any passengers on board, as soon as the engine change is completed in Accra.
The total delay on departure from Johannesburg is 8 hours 30 minutes.
Passengers destined for Lagos and Abidjan scheduled to travel on flight
SA058 were given letters and meal vouchers at the check in counters during normal check in procedures (when the knock on effect became apparent). Part of the First Class passengers decided to stay in the SAA First Class lounge, while a group of First Class passengers from Sao Paulo remained in transit at the transit lounge. One passenger decided to go home and SAA staff will keep in contact with him.
A further knock on effect is the cancellation of flights SA234 scheduled to have departed today from Johannesburg for London at 21:15, as well as the return flight SA9235 that was due to depart from London for Johannesburg at 20:00 tomorrow.
SAA foresees that its schedule will be normalised by tomorrow night. The knock-on effect of the single incident has resulted in a number of our customers being greatly inconvenienced and SAA would like to apologise for this. SAA would also like to assure our customers that matter is receiving urgent attention and will be resolved as speedily as possible.
