Emergency landing Cathay A330-300
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Emergency landing Cathay A330-300
I read on a dutch aviation news site (www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl) that an airbus of Cathay made an emergency landing inbound from Surubaya at hong kong airport and some pax were wounded.. any info? the info on the site was very minimum.
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Cathay plane makes emergency landing in Hong Kong
A lot of hits on google
"It appeared there were some engine problems that the aircraft experienced on (landing
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Mannen jullie lopen vreselijk achter de feiten aan , kijk eens wat verder , fragrant harbour , zoek funktie misschien !
In english , just told the dutch 'aviators' to look around and use the search function !
In english , just told the dutch 'aviators' to look around and use the search function !
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No. Dont go to the Fragrant Harbour page!
Did I go to the "Beiruit Beach" page or the "Polish Gossip" page recently?
This is global aviation news and nobody should need to scroll past "Aviation Food Providers"( no disrespect meant) to view news of this incident.
Post here or mods sort this out please.
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Did I go to the "Beiruit Beach" page or the "Polish Gossip" page recently?
This is global aviation news and nobody should need to scroll past "Aviation Food Providers"( no disrespect meant) to view news of this incident.
Post here or mods sort this out please.
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Latest from Fragrant Harbour page:
"From a very credible source:
A330 under question is B-HLL, Rolls Royce Engines.
Eng failure 10 min before landing in HKG. Other engine "stuck" at 70% N1 with no response from THR levers, subsequently shut down on final approach as per QRH.
High landing speed, use of parking brake resulting in brakes overheat, tyre burst and fire.
RAT (Ram Air Turbine) NOT deployed."
Got to say that I agree with SSS; this is a major incident; "double engine failure" definitely comes under the heading of "bad things" in the QRH, so it should be on the front page.
"From a very credible source:
A330 under question is B-HLL, Rolls Royce Engines.
Eng failure 10 min before landing in HKG. Other engine "stuck" at 70% N1 with no response from THR levers, subsequently shut down on final approach as per QRH.
High landing speed, use of parking brake resulting in brakes overheat, tyre burst and fire.
RAT (Ram Air Turbine) NOT deployed."
Got to say that I agree with SSS; this is a major incident; "double engine failure" definitely comes under the heading of "bad things" in the QRH, so it should be on the front page.
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Engine Roll Back!!! fancy term
This has happened now to a few Airbus with RR engines, even on Go Around in MAN with a middles east airline!
Engine Roll back is a fancy way of saying they stopped working when they should've been working!
Engine Roll back is a fancy way of saying they stopped working when they should've been working!
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jetjock330.....one engine was inop, we do not know the reason for this yet. The other engine was running. There have been no reports of a thrust "roll-back" from Cathay or any other source. A roll-back is failure to deliver the commanded power, it is not a shut down.
Let the engineering teams do the investigation work before jumping to conclusions.
Let the engineering teams do the investigation work before jumping to conclusions.
....one engine was inop,.. The other engine was running...
...The two pilots, both Australian, lost the use of the left hand engine shortly after the Cathay Pacific flight CX780 from Indonesia reached cruising altitude after taking off for the four hour 40 minute flight...
Originally Posted by gwillie
Equally interesting (to me) is that they lost the first engine shortly after departure yet elected to continue a 4 1/2 hour flight on the remaining one
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...The two pilots, both Australian, lost the use of the left hand engine shortly after the Cathay Pacific flight CX780 from Indonesia reached cruising altitude after taking off for the four hour 40 minute flight...
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...The two pilots, both Australian, lost the use of the left hand engine shortly after the Cathay Pacific flight CX780 from Indonesia reached cruising altitude after taking off for the four hour 40 minute flight...
An airline's definition of "suitable" would vary with their OpsSpec Manual but would include such basic considerations as the available IFR approaches, runways, ATC facilities, appropriate maintenance facilities and CFR facilities and other considerations such as appropriate jetways or other means to deplane passengers, ground support equipment (electrical/pneumatic), appropriate tow-bar and tractor for push-back, company personnel, customs (where needed) and communications facilities for flight planning.
Not all of these would be available at every airport of course and circumstances vary so it is, as always, the captain's decision and responsibility to manage available resources in coordination with his or her First Officer, in-flight service people, (for duty day issues), the airline's flight dispatch, maintenance and customer service people.
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See pprune's fragrant harbour forum thread for specific details on this incident as well as the latest updates:
http://www.pprune.org/fragrant-harbo...vacuation.html
http://www.pprune.org/fragrant-harbo...vacuation.html
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There has to be some mistake about flying on 1 engine from TOC to HK , there are plenty of suitable airports on the way , especially Singapore with multiple runways , and KL too.
I expect when the dust settles we will find that the engine problems occurred later in the flight .Otherwise there will be some explaining to do.
Anyway , well done for achieving the runway guys , and best wishes to anybody injured , get well soon.
I expect when the dust settles we will find that the engine problems occurred later in the flight .Otherwise there will be some explaining to do.
Anyway , well done for achieving the runway guys , and best wishes to anybody injured , get well soon.
I cannot believe for a moment this crew would continue on with one engine after losing one / shutting one down shortly after take off on a 4 hour flight.
The facts will come out.
The facts will come out.
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amazing job by the Pilots from what I have read.
One question, this would appear to be similar to the BA038 incident, maybe the same engines ( I am unsure but believe both RR Trents ) and similar reported engine problems at a similar stage of flight.
My ignorance or potential connection?
One question, this would appear to be similar to the BA038 incident, maybe the same engines ( I am unsure but believe both RR Trents ) and similar reported engine problems at a similar stage of flight.
My ignorance or potential connection?
Apparently only hong kong is considered a suitable airport for CX. WSSS and WMKK are not good enough for some reason.
These guys have shown some serious flying abilities during the last part of the flight. They might not have gotten in those circumstances if they landed at a nearest suitable airport three hours earlier???
Going to be an interesting one, this incident...
These guys have shown some serious flying abilities during the last part of the flight. They might not have gotten in those circumstances if they landed at a nearest suitable airport three hours earlier???
Going to be an interesting one, this incident...
quote "Apparently only hong kong is considered a suitable airport for CX. WSSS and WMKK are not good enough for some reason."
I is not often I am shocked at the stupidity shown on these forums by some of the posters. I work for cx and can catagorically state this is pure b.s.
I is not often I am shocked at the stupidity shown on these forums by some of the posters. I work for cx and can catagorically state this is pure b.s.
Apparently only hong kong is considered a suitable airport for CX. WSSS and WMKK are not good enough for some reason.

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If both engines failed no antiskid
If both engines were failed as some camments say, then the Emer Gen would be powered by the RAT, and therefore no antiskid to the brakes, so having tires go flat would not be surpirsing. All still speculation at this point.