Monarch mayday in Mallorca

[tim6451]

Heard a monarch come into Mallorca last night on a mayday with engine trouble. Anyone heard any details?

[Load Toad]

It landed safely maybe?

[Capetonian]

Funny, no, sad really, how these things get twisted. A friend of mine was on a LHR-YVR recently and I got a text from her : "Am in a place called Calgery (sic) had to make emergency landing 'cos we were going to run out of petrol and crash!!!!!!!"

Turned out that a couple of hours out of Heathrow the captain had said they were expecting stronger headwinds than they had orginally calculated for and they might land to pick up some extra fuel. This became the 'emergency' landing ..... some people have dull lives.

[listria]

Anyone know if it is still stuck in Palma or back in Gatwick?
Edit-forget it, it's been and gone!

[srobarts]

A friend has just posted this on FacePrune...

Just arrived back after an unforgettable 30 hour journey from Mallorca. Things were going well and according to schedule until 15 minutes out from Palma the pilot announced a "code Bravo" and the cabin crew became very focussed and animated.
5 minutes later we were told of a "technical problem" and we would be returning to Palma. The 757 then started dumping fuel over the sea and we were met by a battalion of emergency vehicles as we came in to land... Monarch couldn't fix the plane so bussed 200 odd passengers to an upmarket hotel in Palma, overlooking the sea...the only downside being the slight scent of kerosene...

[gorter]

A 757 dumping fuel? Uhmmm. Ok Well I've been flying them a while. Yet to find the fuel dump switch.

[srobarts]

a further update:
Monarch airlines then managed to find a replacement aircraft, an airbus 321, which unfortunately had 5 fewer seats, so some unfortunate passengers were left behind...as was some of our luggage. In the meantime we were told that the 757 had suffered engine failure...

Gorter - an easy assumption to make if you are a slf and seem to be spending longer than expected over the sea. I have quoted directly to provide some answers to the original question posed.

[gorter]

Sorry have to disagree. Distinct assertion of fuel dumping made (quite a technical procedure and the one time I saw it quite a distinct view) also the "kerosene smell". Sounds like someone playing up to the daily mash.

[Mr @ Spotty M]

Sorry to hear of the problems with your flight gorter, however as an engineer and having worked on the B757 for 20 years, you are incorrect with your assumption.
The only way you can get rid of fuel on the B757 is burn it, or loose it and this only by having a leak.
If you noticed a kerosene smell, it would have been brought in by the air-conditioning system, which might have resulted from an engine failure.

[Danny_R]

Gorter wasn't on the flight Spotty M, he's commenting on somebodies report saying they were onboard and fuel was being dumped, he is agreeing with you that fuel would have to be burnt and cannot be dumped on the 757

[Mr @ Spotty M]

Thanks Danny_R, misunderstood his post.
Sounds like the media is up to its old tricks of letting the facts get in the way of of a good story.
I was listening to the news on the radio this morning (supplied by Sky News), about the snow storm on the east coast of the USA.
According to them its the first time it has snowed in October, so they did not bother looking at weather records, which would ruin a good story. :=

[srobarts]

The 757 was G-DAJB

[BobbyHowie]

757 can't dump fuel? Well, well, never knew that. What is the reasoning behind that? No weight issue? Thanks!

[Mr @ Spotty M]

A/C was not designed for longhaul and so the max takeoff weight not that far off max landing weight.
Not all B767 have fuel dumping either.

[BobbyHowie]

Thanks for the quick reply! Kinda thought that might have been the reason. You live and learn.

[on time all the time]

It is really interesting to see what people write.....There is a lot of tosh!
Yes there was a engine trouble...the right one. Yes there was a mayday yes there was a code bravo.....No we did not dump any fuel whatsoever!..i don't think the 757 can dump fuel anyway.....and how could they have seen...It was peach black!
The right engine was overheating as there was a pb with a valve.
Landing was a normal and in fact extremely smooth both engines still runnning.
Engine fire met a/c as standard procedure. Pax informed twice about this standard procedure when a/c is in difficulty.
Crew were busy making sure everything was in order. Crew had time to answer to 2 pax ready to help as in the business.
All the rest you can here is speculation.