View Full Version : Fault tolerance and Graceful Degradation?
RR_NDB
22nd Dec 2018, 12:41
Incident: LATAM B773 near Belo Horizonte on Dec 20th 2018, electrical failures, RAT deployed (http://avherald.com/h?article=4c1cc3f6&opt=0)
"On Dec 20th 2018 Brazil's CENIPA (NTSB like) reported electrical failures occurred in cruise flight, which also compromised other aircraft systems. The crew decided to perform a precautionary diversion to Belo Horizonte for an overweight landing. As result the brakes overheated causing the fuse plugs of the tyres to open and the tyres to deflate. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained minor damage."
RR_NDB
22nd Dec 2018, 12:59
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x736/latam_b773_pt_mug_181220_6_0199e5b406e672901a24c4e3cff4d30fd 89a30e8.jpg
The incident electrical page showing all electrical busses without power
RR_NDB
22nd Dec 2018, 13:08
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x563/latam_b773_pt_mug_181220_5_20630fae999485335940c7f26f6d0a9c0 50be414.jpg
RR_NDB
22nd Dec 2018, 13:09
"On Dec 22nd 2018 The Aviation Herald learned that the electrical problems started with the failure of the right hand backup generator, as result both transfer and both converter circuit breakers popped leaving all electrical busses unpowered although left and right main generators as well as their generator controls, the APU and the left backup generator remained operative (see ELEC page below, the lines to the L MAIN and R MAIN should be green not white and these symbols should be green, too). As result almost all systems except a few connected to the standby busses lost power, only systems remaining powered are: stand by busses (powering one VHF radio) and emergency lighting, the left inboard and outboard and upper center displays as well as the left CDU remain also powered (according to FCOM via the batteries and/or RAT - with the RAT operating also the right hand - first officer's - displays are being powered)."
RR_NDB
22nd Dec 2018, 14:07
https://www.pprune.org/attachments/rumours-news/5548d1545420169-latam-b773-complete-electrical-failure-ahm_-ptmug-recent-fault-items.pdf