Qatar A330 engine fire out of Ataturk
 

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. :ooh:

edit : QR240 track on FR

Another disaster narrowly averted.:rolleyes:

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

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. :8

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?" :)

The picture in the DM shows some damage to the engine... Attachment 800

If we are to believe The Telegraph, the wing was on fire ! :ugh:
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

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

Or was it:

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

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

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.

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.

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.

"Nothing worse than fire in the air."

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

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.:uhoh:
When you read a 'breaking news' article about an aviation event, assume it's wrong. They usually are.:rolleyes:

round up the usual suspects

https://nedgrace.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/geese1.jpg

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

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

Are those IS Mandarins?

On the money Sir.

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