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MOSCOW, Dec. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- An Air France airliner made an emergency landing in Russia's Siberian region Saturday after it suffered an engine stall, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
The Air France Boeing 777 jet, with 220 passengers aboard, madea request for emergency landing in the Siberian city of Irkutsk after one of the jet's two engines stopped during a flight from Seoul to Paris, Irkutsk airport director general Alexei Kulikov told Itar-Tass.
Kulikov said the landing was smooth.
All passengers and the crew have been accommodated at the airport and are expected to spend the night at local hotels. Enditem
The Air France Boeing 777 jet, with 220 passengers aboard, madea request for emergency landing in the Siberian city of Irkutsk after one of the jet's two engines stopped during a flight from Seoul to Paris, Irkutsk airport director general Alexei Kulikov told Itar-Tass.
Kulikov said the landing was smooth.
All passengers and the crew have been accommodated at the airport and are expected to spend the night at local hotels. Enditem
All passengers and the crew have been accommodated at the airport and are expected to spend the night at local hotels
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Passengers will be flown with IL 96 to Moscow and then transfered to CDG - engine of the 777 needs complete change...
I think the days of the A 340-600 and A340-500 are not completely over yet...
Flying over the pacific on a twin is defenitely not the safest of all solutions - the 180 min ETOP rule has been broken in the past (by 12 minutes )
I think the days of the A 340-600 and A340-500 are not completely over yet...
Flying over the pacific on a twin is defenitely not the safest of all solutions - the 180 min ETOP rule has been broken in the past (by 12 minutes )
A United Airlines B777 did a 192min single engine diversion a few years ago. I think it was out of AKL going LAX. Memory fades though.
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.......about an United Airlines Boeing 777 that flew for 192 minutes on a one engine diversion after it had a technical problem on a route from Auckland to Los Angeles. It made an emergency diversion and landed safely at the Kona airport in Hawaii on 17th March 2003. It exceeded the regulated 3 hours by 12 minutes due to strong headwind and that was not a problem on the engine.
Controversial, moi?
I think the days of the A 340-600 and A340-500 are not completely over yet...
Flying over the pacific on a twin is defenitely not the safest of all solutions - the 180 min ETOP rule has been broken in the past (by 12 minutes
Would you care to actually construct a post that contains material suitable for logical argument rather than sweeping generalisations based on your, presumably unqualified, opinion and prejudices?
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The Time limit on any ETOPS flight be it 120/180/207 etc, is a regultory figure that is based on an agreed speed (that the aircraft often does not do in practice) and still air. If an ETOPS aircraft is operating right on the edge of it's range circle and it looses an engine or goes down to 10,000 it WILL exceed the time limit no question, and this is still perfectly legal.
If an ETOPS aircraft is operating right on the edge of it's range circle and it looses an engine or goes down to 10,000 it WILL exceed the time limit no question, and this is still perfectly legal.
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I am sure flying on one engine is fine.
However, it would be interesting to have a video of cockpit during these operations.
I remember reading years ago about these ETOPS and they mentioned a case when a twin had control problems on one engine(poss bleed valves stuck open) and only about 50% power avail on that engine, this was OK.
But other engine had oil leak and crew noticed oil reducing, they diverted very quick and all was OK.
Think after crew noticed leak, engine had about 75mins left till out of oil.
Lucky they were not on the 207 time zone when this occured.
Think it was a PAN AM A310 in the early 1990's, does anybody have the details.
However, it would be interesting to have a video of cockpit during these operations.
I remember reading years ago about these ETOPS and they mentioned a case when a twin had control problems on one engine(poss bleed valves stuck open) and only about 50% power avail on that engine, this was OK.
But other engine had oil leak and crew noticed oil reducing, they diverted very quick and all was OK.
Think after crew noticed leak, engine had about 75mins left till out of oil.
Lucky they were not on the 207 time zone when this occured.
Think it was a PAN AM A310 in the early 1990's, does anybody have the details.
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ETOPS is about managing risk to an acceptable level. Following an initial failure of the engine, what is the risk of a subsequent failure occuring within the 180/207 minute period that would result in a catastrophe. If the risk is small enough then it is considered SAFE.
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The only problem with some of these posts is they drift into "what if". Perhaps under 180mins rule with an engine failure "what if" the opposite wing fell off!
I deal in facts. I flew for 35 years, 20 on the Trident and 15 on the 757,767, and 777. In that time I never had an engine failure on the aircraft, thousands on the simulator, but none on the aircraft.
ETOPS (or EROPS as it used to be called) whether it is 120,180 or 207 is all about risk. Obviously there are risks heading out across the pond, across Canada or across Russia on two engines but surely it is about level of risk. Ignoring fuel contamination (which would affect a 747/340) the chances of both engines failing on one flight is so remote as to be ignored.
I only know one chap personally within the airline who shut down an engine half way across the pond on a 767. After having his meal disrupted (and the actual shutdown procedures) the only problem was that there was very little to do during the 90mins "on one". It's all in the mind, looking at the single engine whirring away normally, but is that not what thousands of private aviators do all their lives?
It would seem on this forum that there are so many that fit in to the (humorous) bracket of a friend on 747 who stated "Wouldn't get me across the pond on a twin. The only reason I bid for the 747 was that there was nothing in the airline with five engines"
Bring a little more reality into this discussion and a little less sensationalism, leave that to the tabloid press.
I deal in facts. I flew for 35 years, 20 on the Trident and 15 on the 757,767, and 777. In that time I never had an engine failure on the aircraft, thousands on the simulator, but none on the aircraft.
ETOPS (or EROPS as it used to be called) whether it is 120,180 or 207 is all about risk. Obviously there are risks heading out across the pond, across Canada or across Russia on two engines but surely it is about level of risk. Ignoring fuel contamination (which would affect a 747/340) the chances of both engines failing on one flight is so remote as to be ignored.
I only know one chap personally within the airline who shut down an engine half way across the pond on a 767. After having his meal disrupted (and the actual shutdown procedures) the only problem was that there was very little to do during the 90mins "on one". It's all in the mind, looking at the single engine whirring away normally, but is that not what thousands of private aviators do all their lives?
It would seem on this forum that there are so many that fit in to the (humorous) bracket of a friend on 747 who stated "Wouldn't get me across the pond on a twin. The only reason I bid for the 747 was that there was nothing in the airline with five engines"
Bring a little more reality into this discussion and a little less sensationalism, leave that to the tabloid press.
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The niggling problem I have with all these "legal" issues is whether they are in fact SAFE.
Safety is not a binary issue. It is not like the "safety" on a firearm one switches on and off.
Professionals measure safety as a real quantity - xxx events per million hours, or whatever.
Risk Management -- ETOPS vs. former CCCP domestic carrier
Passengers will be flown with IL 96 to Moscow and then transfered to CDG
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Me -- I'd be taking the train from Irkutsk rather than any local domestic carrier
(BTW, what's the MEA over the Urals?)