Emirates Airbus Emergency Landing?

[SortieIII]

"Several passengers are still waiting to fly to Dubai after Emirates airbus was forced to make an emergency landing at Johannesburg International Airport. It’s believed the plane experienced a technical fault shortly after take-off last night. One of the airports runways, which was closed, has now been re-opened. " (702 website)

Anyone know more about this? On the SABC's teletext service there is a mention of a Lufthansa pilot being slightly injured in this incident. I think it happened on Friday evening.

[BAe 146-100]

A340-313X A6-ERN was the aircraft involved in the incident.

Captain Sophie Mayisela said the tyre of flight Alfa 6ERN, carrying a crew of 14 people and 216 passengers, burst during the emergency landing and left the pilot slightly hurt.

All the other people escaped unhurt when the accident happened around 21:30 on Friday.

The passengers and the crew were flying to the United Arab Emirates from Johannesburg, Mayisela said.

She said it was unclear what forced the aircraft into an emergency landing, but the police would investigate all the circumstances surrounding that landing.

Emirates Air was not immediately available for comment.

BAe 146-100

[mikemal]

Also just heard of the incident/accident. My source says it was during takeoff and the aircraft is quite badly damaged.

No further gen, I am afraid.

[kiron hanuman]

Heard they overshot the runway at FAJS ....Hit afew lights and screwed up the undercarriage which in turn messed up the hydraulics ......after takeoff the Capt. reported to ATC that they might have hit something on the runway ....(not sure what really happened) as they wernt able to retract takeoff flap....so they dumped fuel and returned to JHB !

Heard all this from a friend .....

[SortieIII]

Snipped from a thread by 'skidcanuck' in rumours & news:

"The following report has been rated as SEVERE RISK:

3/04/343 A6ERN 09-04-04 EK
764 JNB - DXB INVEST ACTIVE
RUNWAY OVER-RUN ON TAKE OFF
The report stated, that following a normal application
of the reduced flexible thrust, the aircraft
commenced its take off run, with the flaps set to 1+
F. Following the rotate call, the PF applied rearward
side-stick and, for approximately 6 -7 seconds the
aircraft nose did not move upwards. After that, the
nose rose and the PF selected 9° nose up, expecting
the aircraft to lift off. Very shortly afterwards the
crew felt a rumbling, selected TOGA (full) thrust and
about two seconds later the aircraft became airborne.
The initial climb out and thrust reduction was normal,
but as the aircraft was accelerated and flaps were
retracted an ECAM caution annunciated for FLAPS
LOCKED.

Since the flaps were now in an immovable position and
not fully retracted a decision was made to return. ATC
were informed and fuel jettisoned to maximum landing
weight. ATC advised that a runway inspection

had revealed damage to two runway end lights and that
the aircraft may have traveled about 150 meters across
the grass at the end of the runway, before getting
airborne.

In the absence of other warnings and no ECAM system
for displaying tyre pressure, the crew assumed that
the landing gear and tyres were unaffected. The
aircraft then returned for a non-standard
configuration (Flaps Locked) landing during which at
about 70 knots normal braking failed. The aircraft was
slowed using alternate brakes and came to a halt
approximately 150 meters from the end of the runway.
The fire services were in immediate attendance and the
main gear tyres were seen to be damaged and deflated.
There were no reported injury to the crew or
passengers. This incident is the subject of an ICAO
annex 13 investigation by the country of occurrence.
They have also invited a member of the local authority
as an accredited representative to the investigation
and have permitted airline participation, in an
advisory capacity."

[Gunship]

An Emirates Airbus A340-300 ran 150m (490ft) off the end of the runway before getting airborne at Johannesburg airport on 9 April after the aircraft initially failed to respond to control inputs for rotation, according to an aircraft safety report (ASR) filed by the crew.

The pilots managed to get the aircraft airborne from the overrun area of runway 21R by applying take-off/go-around (TOGA) thrust, but only after the A340 had struck threshold and approach lighting, damaging its tyres, brakes and flaps. The crew dumped fuel and returned to the airport, where they landed safely on runway 21L.

Emirates says the aircraft (A6-ERN) began its take-off roll on runway 21R with normal flap set, bound for Dubai with 14 crew and 216 passengers on board. Air temperature was 15°C (59°F).

According to the ASR filing, at the rotate call, "the pilot flying applied rearward sidestick, and for approximately six or seven seconds the aircraft nose did not move upward", so the crew selected TOGA. Johannesburg's Jan Smuts airport has long runways because of its elevation (5,560ft/1,700m). Runway 21R from which flight EM764 took off is 4,420m long.

The airport says 25 runway threshold and approach lights, and part of the runway surface, were damaged as the aircraft went over the end of 21R, which has a relatively clear, level overrun. Once airborne, the initial climb and thrust reduction routine proceeded normally, but as the crew selected flap retraction the electronic centralised aircraft monitor (ECAM) warned that the flaps had locked while still partially deployed. The aircraft's safety system is designed to prevent damaged flaps becoming asymmetric.

Air traffic control reported that runway end lights had been damaged and the A340 appeared to have travelled 150m across unpaved ground in the overrun. The crew says there was no other ECAM warnings, so they returned to the airport, having used the checklist for an approach in a non-standard configuration. During the landing run, when the speed was "about 70kt [130km/h]", the main braking system failed and the A340 halted just before the runway end.

Emirates says the South African Civil Aviation Authority is overseeing an investigation, aided by Airbus and the Dubai authorities. The seven-year-old ex-Singapore Airlines A340 entered service with Emirates in February and was last week still under repair.

[bigmanatc]

Luckily they did not depart 03L....those tall light poles across the highway could have been nasty.......phew !

[manamana]

Go Go Gadget Airbus!!

:confused:

[Gunship]

Also heard that Emirates had a door break off after moving a 747 without detaching the oax tube properly - lots of damage !

A bad Easter for them :uhoh:

[driver airframe]

Flex T/O from intersection "F" with an A340????

[tired]

Driver airframe - take-off from intersection F? Where did you get that little gem from?? It actually says they set the flaps to 1+F - not quite the same thing?

Any more gen on this one guys? Was it overweight or incorrectly loaded, or anything like that?

mikemal - was it anyone we know? (from MK, I mean) Hope not!