BA engine issue LHR-MAD last 24h

[landmark1234]

Anyone heard anything? Have a friend (not an aviator) who was a passenger on board a flight to MAD and on take off had engine "blow out" in his words and return to LHR. Must been a large bang.

Anyone know details?

[macdo]

This is being reported on SHARECAST, maybe a mix up in the info somewhere or two separate incidents.


"An Easyjet flight from London Gatwick to Lisbon declared an emergency, diverting course and descending rapidly as it flew over the Bay of Biscay.

Easyjet flight U28717 sent an emergency signal, according to the Flightaware tracking system and Airlive.com.

The plane began to descend as it approached the northern Spanish coast, diverting east towards Oviedo in the province of Asturias.



Flight 8717 later landed safely at Asturias but the reason for the emergency was not yet known - with flight experts suggesting a medical emergency for a passenger was most likely."

[landmark1234]

Cheers ... Didn't know about that one, but mine is defo an LHR outbound

[DaveReidUK]

BAW462 departed LHR 15:40 yesterday, returned at 16:15.

After an aircraft change, airborne again at 19:13.

[landmark1234]

thanks - know what the problem was?

[ETOPS]

I bet it was "operational reasons" :rolleyes:

[AnAussieNut]

There is a summary on avherald but it gives very little detail.

Incident: British Airways A320 at London on Mar 12th 2015, engine shut down in flight (http://avherald.com/h?article=483204dc&opt=0)

Cheers

Paul

[landmark1234]

ok sounds like it could have been a compressor surge maybe... thanks guys

[AnAussieNut]

ok sounds like it could have been a compressor surge maybe... thanks guys

Yeah that's my thoughts too,certainly sounds like the crew handled it with professionalism and efficiency though so well done to them.:ok:

Cheers
Paul