Stansted Swiss engine fire
 

Aircraft due 0705 engine fire and loss of 3 engines airport fire crews and local fire crews waiting

Flight landed safe no evacuation a/c looked like 146 hard to see in the fog fire crews escorted a/c to stand

Birdstrike out of LCY, 1 engine shut down I guess due to vibration, diverted to STN. LCY shut 30mins to clear debris from runway.

No big drama.

Re Stansted Emergency.

They surely mean No 3 Engine not 3 engines ?

I assume if was Swiss it was a 146 ?

I dont think a 146 could fly on 1 Engine.

Anyhow its on the ground everbody safe thats all that matters



Regards

3 engines out ?!?!!?

The 146 just about flies with 4 engines running ...

Was the bird strike from behind by any chance ?

Seems to be

09:10 LX 463 LONDON City Airport 2 annulliert

It can, as long as it's not going slow when you lose the 3.

Seem to remember some years ago a 32 Sqn had the oil inspection plugs (not sure of technical term sure someone will come up with it) wrongly installed without seals after the oil samples were taken.

Took off from Northolt and then progressively lost the engines one by one till they landed in Stansted on the last one which stopped shortly thereafter.

It was empty though and therefore fairly light, on the other side of the equation I seem to remember it was an IMC day with an instrument approach in IMC required with a deteriorating power state. The crew were given awards for the safe recovery of the aircraft.............and themselves ;)

The crew themselves probably had another reason..., or does it have ejection seats?

1 engine out on a 146 is no problem. Just an inconvenience. We can even do a CAT IIIB autoland on 3 engines!

It still flies really well on 2 engines.

Sounds about right doesn't it??

Atreyu:ok:

And meanwhile in the real world...
They reported having lost number 4 engine and sustained some damage to number 3 following a birdstrike. They carried out the fire drill on number 4 as passengers had reported seeing fire. No fire damage apparent though - the inference being that it was done as a precaution.
The flight landed safely on 22. Fire crews asked if there was fire and the flight crew responded that there wasn't and happy to taxy.

Yep, what D O Guerrero just said.

We thought we had problems with our operations department.

Well done to the RJ crew for a safe diversion.

Saw the incident from my lounge window...I live next to the airport.

Engine fire occurred on take-off (take off to the east) circa 6:45am, heard the bang and looked.

Saw the flames but was extinguished quickly. Immediately noticed that climb angle was allot shallower than usual (I bet the bridge seemed close that time...)

Airplane quickly left field of view.

Surprised not on BBC or ar at least Sky News!

Give it time my friend, give it time.

Depends - it was pretty upsetting for the bird....

ALTFLAPS.........explain "bird trike from behind ?? plenty of damage to the fan blades, wont be going far any time soon

I think he means that the 146 is so slow that the birds probably hit the aircraft rather than the aircraft hitting the birds!!!
LOL:ok:

Thanks WGA, thought that was it, but didnt know if he was one of those watchin thru the fence haha