View Full Version : B747 Transaero flew Antalia - Moscow with 1 ENG out
Sunamer
5th Aug 2015, 13:16
Boeing 747 Transaero (Трансаэро) landed at Domodedovo with one engine out on August 5th, said Transaero spokesperson.
The airplane was flying UN1550 Antalia-Moscow route and was carrying 519 passengers, when one of the engines quit. The crew decided to continue flying to the destination, because this type allows safe operations on just three engines, spokesperson added.
Aircraft landed safely at Domodedovo at 2:22 pm.
Engine malfunction didn't affect landing of the airplane and all passengers deplaned and were delivered to the terminal, said Domodedovo airport spokesperson.
Flying Clog
5th Aug 2015, 13:26
How is this news?
This is a non-event. Get a hobby or something.
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OldLurker
5th Aug 2015, 13:33
I seem to recall plenty of other 747s flying farther than that with one engine out.
Before more people sneer "non-event" and others shout "shock horror! they should have landed at once", let's have a little more information.
(1) Where were they when the engine quit?
(2) Why did it quit?
(3) Is it true that "this type allows safe operations on just three engines"?
Flightmech
5th Aug 2015, 13:39
oh dear, I can feel a BA LAX-LHR fest starting again.....
Depends which side of the pond you are!
IIRC a BA747 flew LHX-MAN after an engine failed just after take off, there was a spat between the FAA and BA, FAA insisted that the aircraft should have landed whilst BA quoted CAA regulations which allowed the flight.
Is the type safe on 3 engines, yes, although your options are less.
Flightmech, too right! ;)
Sunamer
5th Aug 2015, 13:52
"This is a non-event"
Of course it is a non-event, otherwise the number of posts would have been in hundreds by now. :ugh:
The Boeing 747 is a very fine 3 engined aircraft - which just happens to be fitted with 4 engines.
Move along there ... nothing to see here.
OldLurker
5th Aug 2015, 13:59
Since Flightmech brought up the BA LAX-LHR event:
After that event, some US 747 pilots broke cover to admit doing much the same.
John Deakin wrote a column for AVweb about that event: to my mind sensible, and worth reading: www.avweb.com/news/pelican/193882-1.html (http://www.avweb.com/news/pelican/193882-1.html)
cessnapete
5th Aug 2015, 16:39
Surely a 747 with one engine safely secured, is as safe as a 777 with all engines running. I shut an engine down while flying a B744 ,just short of mid Atlantic, and carried on safely to London. A 777 or similar would have gone to Gander or Shannon. All systems available, fuel consumption not much changed, landing limits not changed CatIII still available. And still flies quite well if a second one stops!!
Can't see anything wrong in a well planned continued flight on three.
LLuCCiFeR
5th Aug 2015, 17:43
Non-event indeed, provided of course that there was no fire or severe damage, as that checklist will say: "land at nearest suitable airport."
Sunamer, where did you find this 'story' anyway? I don't see any link to a news site?
Did you find it in the same online tabloid that also carries stories about today's size of Kim Kardashian's @ss? :rolleyes: