Emirates A340 AOG in EBB due birdstrike
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Emirates A340 AOG in EBB due birdstrike
To add to the 340's misery this week: saw a blacked out A340 on the apron in EBB (Entebbe). Reportedly 3 fanblades in one of its engines are damaged due to a birdstrike. Birdstrikes very frequent here.
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Birdstrikes have long been a problem at EBB. One reason is large bird population nearby who have discovered that as the sun rises it warms the runway nicely so it's a nice place to sit and eat your breakfast, having caught it in nearby vegetation or Lake Victoria , according to taste.
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Those birds being known as '****eHawks' to us old 'Whitecap & Tusker' drinking expats. Had one upcountry bloke who blagged a few from the lake Vic Hotel garden one morn after an all night bash back in the late 60s.
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3 engine ferry should be no problem out of EBB,
Departing RWY 17 to the south, over the lake with 5 hrs of gas and no payload should be a breeze.
On the other hand, getting an engine into one of the A310's that fly the freighter route should be just as easy.
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Departing RWY 17 to the south, over the lake with 5 hrs of gas and no payload should be a breeze.
On the other hand, getting an engine into one of the A310's that fly the freighter route should be just as easy.
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Hang on a minute , cost of a 310 with engine to EBB is way too high.
Better to risk the insured aircraft , no way to lose any money .
And the crew is replaceable. Easy choice try the 3 engine ferry , that way company cannot lose.
Better to risk the insured aircraft , no way to lose any money .
And the crew is replaceable. Easy choice try the 3 engine ferry , that way company cannot lose.
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3 ENG Ferry would be a NO GO
I dont think anybody in Trng Dept has done the required SIM trng and then granted approved by Operator, Airbus and GCAA.Oh yes, and isn't there a rubbish tip near the A/P.
Just like there used to be next to the threshold of VABB27. Eventually, and after many bird strikes, somebody associated the two and removed the nearby food source.
