Qatar A330 engine fire out of Ataturk

[bnt]

DM is reporting that a Qatar A330 heading to Doha had an engine catch fire after takeoff from Istanbul's Ataturk airport, returned and made a safe emergency landing, All passengers and crew off the plane safely. Reports of a "strange engine sound" - well, yes.

edit : QR240 track on FR

[Nemrytter]

Another disaster narrowly averted.

Also, seems that the Daily Heil couldn't be bothered to finish the paragraph that's 4th from the end:

The incident comes just weeks after
Qatar Airways is one of the Mideast's three biggest carriers, alongside the region's biggest carrier, the Dubai-based Emirates Airline, and the Abu-Dhabi based Etihad Airways.

[bnt]

Well, I'll be curious to hear about what happened, and can speculate about the cause. When $millions of high technology starts making funny noises and shooting flames out the back while high in the sky, it's certainly worth a comment.

[Basil]

Originally Posted by Nemrytter

Another disaster narrowly averted.

Also, seems that the Daily Heil couldn't be bothered to finish the paragraph that's 4th from the end:

Looks to me like a complete sentence.

Anyhoo, was it stuck gear or a fire or stuck gear plus a fire or stuck gear plus a surge?
Latter pretty unusual on approach - "Is this a sim ride or what?"

[Lonewolf_50]

Aviation officials told AFP the incident was caused by a suspected bird strike that caused one of its engines to catch fire.

The picture in the DM shows some damage to the engine... 375D540D00000578-3746936-image-a-17_1471524933219.jpg

[Safe-T]

If we are to believe The Telegraph, the wing was on fire !
Footage shows Qatar Airways flight QR240's wing on fire over over Turkey before emergency landing

But seriously, Qatar Airways blamed it on a bird strike:
https://www.facebook.com/qatarairway...54372647914986

[The Ancient Geek]

Bird strike, damage contained, engine worked as designed.
No problem.

[oldchina]

Or was it:

"Bird strike footage shows Turkey wing on fire before Qatar Airways emergency landing"

[a330pilotcanada]

If it was a "Turkey Wing" on fire were the flight kitchens notified on landing..........

[Chronus]

Originally Posted by The Ancient Geek

Bird strike, damage contained, engine worked as designed.
No problem.

Does this mean designed to catch fire on ingestion of bird. Is it because of feathers. Maybe that`s the reason for firing plucked chickens into engines when testing.

[The Ancient Geek]

No, containment is about keeping the debris inside the cowl rather than causing damage.
Fire is a separate issue, controlled by fire bottles and fuel valves activated by the pilot.

[Chronus]

I `d rather shed the engine than have it aflame and rely on a couple of puny bottles. Nothing worse than fire in the air.

[rcsa]

"Nothing worse than fire in the air."

Except, possibly, having six and a half tonnes of Trent 700 land on your house.

[tdracer]

In all likelihood, there was no engine fire as such. Engines will often surge after a birdstrike, spitting balls of fire out the tailpipe (and often out the inlet).
An actual engine fire is a very different animal.
When you read a 'breaking news' article about an aviation event, assume it's wrong. They usually are.

[underfire]

round up the usual suspects

[Chesty Morgan]

Originally Posted by rcsa

"Nothing worse than fire in the air."

Except, possibly, having six and a half tonnes of Trent 700 land on your house.

Certainly if you have one of them floating in the air houses.

[porch monkey]

Underfire, You win!!! You also owe me a new keyboard.

[Richard Taylor]

Are those IS Mandarins?

[megan]

In all likelihood, there was no engine fire as such. Engines will often surge after a birdstrike, spitting balls of fire out the tailpipe

On the money Sir.

[Basil]

Originally Posted by megan

On the money Sir.

Yes, those flashes were why I mentioned surging but I couldn't hear anything on the audio.