BA 777 div to TER
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BA 777 div to TER
Understand that a BA 777 diverted into TER with an engine failure.
Rumours of a poss engine change. BA were quick off the mark and sent out relief aircraft for the pax but will such an incident impact upon ETOPS?
Rumours of a poss engine change. BA were quick off the mark and sent out relief aircraft for the pax but will such an incident impact upon ETOPS?
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From: Hants
a mate of a collegue of mine called him around 4 o/c y'day (monday) to say that he was in the Azores on an unscheduled stop on his way home from Antigua. Spoke of engine fire, loads of flames, terrified passengers, all thought they were going to die, etc, etc. Unfortunately, this chap has already been on a fear of flying course to get him on an aeroplane in the first place! think he's going to swim home.
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B777 divert
Yes its all true.
Engine change being carried out in the Azores.
2x BA 757s dispatched to recover the passengers & baggage.
No other B777s available in LON to cover so 2x75s used instead.
Engine change being carried out in the Azores.
2x BA 757s dispatched to recover the passengers & baggage.
No other B777s available in LON to cover so 2x75s used instead.
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From: IOM
Bristollre........there is spare 777 capacity around at the mo'......just not in the 2 class "charter" config of 42J/292M (only 3 a/c around in that config). The rest of the LGW a/c are in a 14F/56J/194M config......so sending 2x 757s was prob a sensible decision for once.
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AN124 .......
...... if you ever need a AN124 there's always one and sometimes six, ready to roll from SNN ....... the Shannon guys even had the Daddy of them all out there a few weeks ago, the AN225 ..... now there's not many of those around! .......
cheers .....
cheers .....
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From: EGGW
Aircraft (VIIP) suffered an inflight surge and an engine was shutdown.
The engine was boroscoped, the FADEC was changed along with the VSV actuators and should ferry home sometime Wednesday. I think there are still some high power runs to do.
The engine was boroscoped, the FADEC was changed along with the VSV actuators and should ferry home sometime Wednesday. I think there are still some high power runs to do.
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SNN An124s
There is just one An225 Miyra in commerical use, operated by Antonov Design Bureau. Volga Dnepr have an EU Mx base in SNN thats why you see them there.
Otherwise SNN often used as a tech stop for heavy USA/Canada flights with these beasts ex-Central Europe.
The other people, POLET also pass thru from time to time enroute to North America.
Otherwise SNN often used as a tech stop for heavy USA/Canada flights with these beasts ex-Central Europe.
The other people, POLET also pass thru from time to time enroute to North America.
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From: EGGW
Lomy
I believe the cause of the failure was one of the VSV actuators had a feedback LVDT fail, the FADEC then decided all by itself
to close the stator vanes (bearing in mind this was a couple of hours into the cruise!), the engine didn't like this much, coughed a couple of times and ran down, it was subsequently shut down and the a/c diverted.
The wiring looms and indeed the LVDTs have given trouble in the past.
I believe the cause of the failure was one of the VSV actuators had a feedback LVDT fail, the FADEC then decided all by itself
to close the stator vanes (bearing in mind this was a couple of hours into the cruise!), the engine didn't like this much, coughed a couple of times and ran down, it was subsequently shut down and the a/c diverted.The wiring looms and indeed the LVDTs have given trouble in the past.