View Full Version : BA 787 G-ZBJF Engine failure
Dave Cummings
8th Jan 2015, 17:32
Av hearld and b787 register are reporting a BA 787 ZBJE has had an engine failure over the UK:
deptrai
8th Jan 2015, 17:44
Not much to see here
TOWTEAMBASE
8th Jan 2015, 18:04
Apparently it was Echo ?
superq7
8th Jan 2015, 18:10
To be fair it does say echo in Dave's link.
Dave Cummings
8th Jan 2015, 19:41
That was a typo by me. BA won't tell me what the issue is yet so something has probably killed the engine
I'm just waiting the headlines "BA 787 engine blows up mid air everyone screaming in mad panic and confusion as crippled jet lands at LHR"
DaveReidUK
8th Jan 2015, 19:50
BA won't tell me what the issue is yet
That's very mean of them.
KBPsen
8th Jan 2015, 21:27
In a remarkable coincidence B787register.com is registered to a Dave Cummings.
Bravo Zulu
8th Jan 2015, 22:19
I saw a BA 78 on the radar with 7700 turning back to LHR earlier with a possible engine failure.
Does anyone have any details? Couldn't see a thread about it yet..
Mod's feel free to delete or move if a discussion is already going on elsewhere!
Not good news for the Dreamliner again if it's true...
G-BPED
8th Jan 2015, 22:40
I saw a BA 78 on the radar with 7700 turning back to LHR earlier with a possible engine failure.
Does anyone have any details? Couldn't see a thread about it yet..
Mod's feel free to delete or move if a discussion is already going on elsewhere!
Not good news for the Dreamliner again if it's true...
Confirmed on BA Source. Engine shut down British Airways B787-8 G-ZBJE BA103 Heathrow Technical Return. | The BA Source (http://www.thebasource.com/british-airways-b787-8-g-zbje-ba103-heathrow-technical-return/)
tdracer
8th Jan 2015, 23:25
Not good news for the Dreamliner again if it's true...
That would bump the shutdown rate for the Trent on the 787 up to around 2/million hours (.002/thousand). That's only an order of magnitude better than the ETOPS requirement :ugh:
787 has it's problems, but the engine IFSD rate is not one of them.
dc9-32
9th Jan 2015, 09:32
Do we actually care? It's an engine failure, so what.......
Evanelpus
9th Jan 2015, 10:42
I still cant find out why or what the cause was so I cannot confirm this as yet but hopefully will get an answer later today.
Do you have a professional interest in why or are you part of the morbid, ambulance chasing radar spotters world?
Do we actually care? It's an engine failure, so what.......
I'm guessing this occurrence happens less than the failure of motor car engines, so, so what exactly:hmm:
TOWTEAMBASE
20th Jan 2015, 23:06
So what ........!!!!!
Surely an engine is a vital player in keeping it up in the air ?
dantebarba
21st Jan 2015, 02:10
how much is the ETOPS requeriment?
tdracer
21st Jan 2015, 17:15
The requirement for 180 minute ETOPS is 0.02/1000 hours - or 20 shutdowns per million engine operating hours.
The engine types on the 787 (Trent 1000 and GEnx-1B) are both running around 2 per million hours, or about 10 times better than the 180 minute ETOPS requirement. Such a high level of engine reliability is pretty much unprecedented for introduction of a new engine type,
Like I said before, the 787 has it's issues, but engine shutdown rate is NOT one of them.