Engine falls from sky in Tehran
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Engine falls from sky in Tehran
Also 747 makes emergency landing missing one engine:
Passenger plane makes emergency landing in Tehran - air365 - Aviation Incidents
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http://ht.ly/35yv1B
This is better: http://www.airlive.net/2015/10/break...lane-fell.html
More than 300 passengers, emergency landing in Tehran's MehrAbad Airport. Engine fell in the suburb of the city.
Flying from Tehran to BandarAbbas, all passengers are safe & sound.
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Hmm. Flight was due to be operated by an Airbus A306 or A310, per the airline's website, and the various pictures being shared online don't seem to match up with B743.
https://twitter.com/BahmanKalbasi/st...80425512370176
https://twitter.com/esggamin/status/654586353376710656
https://twitter.com/esggamin/status/654570900713525248
Any other input here?
https://twitter.com/BahmanKalbasi/st...80425512370176
https://twitter.com/esggamin/status/654586353376710656
https://twitter.com/esggamin/status/654570900713525248
Any other input here?
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The aircraft:
And it's on ASN now: http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=180400
Date: 15-OCT-2015
Time: ca 07:30
Boeing 747-3B3
Owner/operator: Mahan Air
Registration: EP-MNE
C/n / msn: 23480/641
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Minor
Location: near Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII) - Iran
Phase: Initial climb
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII)
Destination airport: Bandar Abba
And it's on ASN now: http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=180400
Date: 15-OCT-2015
Time: ca 07:30
Boeing 747-3B3
Owner/operator: Mahan Air
Registration: EP-MNE
C/n / msn: 23480/641
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Minor
Location: near Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII) - Iran
Phase: Initial climb
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII)
Destination airport: Bandar Abba
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Were I to venture a guess, this was a CF6 with a departed LPT rotor disc. It functions very well as a rotary saw, as evidenced in the vertical slice up into the pylon.
Scrap metal dealers along the flight path will show a profit this month.
Scrap metal dealers along the flight path will show a profit this month.
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You gotta be kidding me!
The NTSB in 49 CFR 830.2 defines substantial damage and specifically says engine failure or damage limited to one engine is not substantial. It looks like the engine disassembled itself and tried to leave out the back end. Not an uncontained failure. There is one interesting tear/cut in the bottom of the pylon in the top aircraft photo.
I've been at a couple CF6 operator conferences where GE hammered on the need to do the inspections, etc. to prevent turbine disc failures. The problem is the operators that are bursting turbine discs are not the ones that bother to go to operator conferences (or apparently pay much attention to the associated ADs ).
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Surely the problem in Iran is the trade embargo.
They can't get the bits. Or buy newer aircraft.
They have developed an amazing make do and mend culture that kept the F-14s in the air. But that has obvious limits.
They can't get the bits. Or buy newer aircraft.
They have developed an amazing make do and mend culture that kept the F-14s in the air. But that has obvious limits.
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Surely the problem in Iran is the trade embargo.
They can't get the bits. Or buy newer aircraft.
They have developed an amazing make do and mend culture that kept the F-14s in the air. But that has obvious limits.
They can't get the bits. Or buy newer aircraft.
They have developed an amazing make do and mend culture that kept the F-14s in the air. But that has obvious limits.
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GE would have specific time specific operating limitations for that engine.
The problem is the operators that are bursting turbine discs are not the ones that bother to go to operator conferences (or apparently pay much attention to the associated ADs)