Emirates Bangkok to Sydney turned back to Bangkok this morning
 

Anybody know what happened?
No passenger drama - no terrifying mid-air plunge.

i am surprised emirates do bangkok-sydney????

Daily for the last I'm not sure how many years, after they switched from SIN-SYD, also daily, for quite a few years before that.

As the aircraft passed approximately FL180 the flight crew noted low engine oil pressure followed by the illumination of the EICAS warning for same. Almost immediately, this was followed by the oil low quantity EICAS. The crew actioned all the abnormal checklists which required the engine to be shut down.

BOEING 777-300 ROLLS-ROYCE ENGINES

Bangkok-Sydney is normally a GE90 -300ER. Are you sure it was RR powered Bypass?

My apologies, yes it was a Boeing 777-300ER powered by the 115000LB GE90.

btw. I flew the 200LR the other day.......talk about lots of residual thrust!!:)

Re the -200ER: check out the single engine ceiling, even at quite high weights. Seriously hypoxia-inducing.

As the majority of us don't have a copy of said manual, Please explain....?

Humble apologies, cap'n, but I was (and am) away from home when I posted that comment and didn't and don't have the manuals to hand so couldn't check the figures for my recollections, and I knew someone would correct me if I got it 500 feet wrong, so I was hoping someone might come up with them.

I can't remember the AUW, but it wasn't particularly light, and the SE ceiling was around (just above) 30,000 feet. Impressive, and the first time I've seen that figure as a single engine ceiling in a twin of any description.