A320 cowlings burst open
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A320 cowlings burst open
just saw this in chinese media. Appeared to happen some days ago.
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how can this be ?
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how can this be ?
Floop!
Just like that. Absolutely unbelievable, exept for the fact that it is all caught on camera.
Airbus surely has some explaining to do after this. It can't be the airspeed that caused this.
Just like that. Absolutely unbelievable, exept for the fact that it is all caught on camera.
Airbus surely has some explaining to do after this. It can't be the airspeed that caused this.
I witnessed a similar incident on another type many years ago. The cowlings were unlatched with the aircraft in a hangar and a fire bottle was discharged.
The cowlings behaved exactly as in the video.
The cowlings behaved exactly as in the video.
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Check the video embedded in the article, the stills in the OP don't really tell the story.
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Agreed. The beacon is flashing which suggests an engine run and you can see what looks like protection mats to the left of the nose gear being blown forward.
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Hype
What a lot of uninformed hype this thread is, just like in the newspapers people who have no understanding of a subject ( let alone having ever shut an Airbus engine cowl ) and yet they tell us that Airbus have some explaining to do !
The only explaining that has to be done is why the cowl had not been secured post maintenance.............. Oh ! And why these clueless idiots are allowed on a professional aviation forum ?
The only explaining that has to be done is why the cowl had not been secured post maintenance.............. Oh ! And why these clueless idiots are allowed on a professional aviation forum ?
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Looks like a design developed in a clean and isolated office...
Do we seriously expect mechanics to enter the cockpit to get/store a key before they do open and after they close a fan cowl? It won´t take a week until all mechanics have some sort of master key in their pocket in order to be able to finish their job before the end of their shift.
Do we seriously expect mechanics to enter the cockpit to get/store a key before they do open and after they close a fan cowl? It won´t take a week until all mechanics have some sort of master key in their pocket in order to be able to finish their job before the end of their shift.
Perhaps, but the key stays in the latch until they are locked. It's not perfect but it is another check item. "Have I got my latch key? No. bugger, still in the unlocked cowling."
Settle A and C,
That's what everybody except Fox Nine has said/intimated...
Only one has suggested Airbus procedures responsible. 
The only explaining that has to be done is why the cowl had not been secured post maintenance
And why these clueless idiots are allowed on a professional aviation forum ?
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I'm in total agreement with nightstop.
I can't speak for the A3230, but I know on the B737 it's certainly a big no-no to deploy reversers during an engine run.
And with the air bridge still attached, I'm surprised the cowlings are the only incident here!
I can't speak for the A3230, but I know on the B737 it's certainly a big no-no to deploy reversers during an engine run.
And with the air bridge still attached, I'm surprised the cowlings are the only incident here!
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EASA have proposed a modification:-
http://ad.easa.europa.eu/blob/EASA_P...f/PAD_16-009_1
wouldn't it be easier to remove the git who left the flaps open...Do this a few times and the message sinks in.
http://ad.easa.europa.eu/blob/EASA_P...f/PAD_16-009_1
wouldn't it be easier to remove the git who left the flaps open...Do this a few times and the message sinks in.