Uncontained engine failure at YSSY
 

Shivers down spine... Can't find the story anywhere except Facebook.

China Southern MU736 uncontained engine failure after take off from YSSY at 9.30 EST tonight.

No other details except cowling totally breeched.

That's ahead of the fan! Would blades come off and forward? In all that inward airflow?

Isn't there supposed to be a kevlar blanket around the circumference of the fan to contain loose blades ??

And China Southern is spelled on fuselage more like Eastern/Western ?

MU is China Eastern

China Eastern, SYDNEY-SHANGHAI, returned immediately https://flightaware.com/live/flight/CES736

https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...ce&oe=59D7A898


ATC https://mobile.twitter.com/S118869/s...77703119720449

Hard to see for sure but those engines use to suffer from acoustic lining cowl failure.

Looks identical to this EGYPTAIR incident less than 1 month ago, both powered by T700, both left hand engine

Incident: Egypt A332 at Cairo on May 15th 2017, rejected takeoff due to engine failure

Possibilities are

primary failure of the inlet cowl and ingestion into the engine

Primary failure of a large part of a blade and parts ejected forward (mechanically)


Closeup evidence would certainly have confirmed which one came first. So no use guessing from casual photos

All of MU's A330s are fitted with Rolls-Royce Trent 700s.

I suspect cowl play.

All over the news on tv this morning. Have to love the news with lines line this : A China Eastern flight from Sydney to Shanghai has been forced to turn around after its flight crew noticed a hole in the plane's engine just moments after taking off.


Strange, doesnt look like there is any damage to the blades...

https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/3589...failure/#page1

Flight Radar shows event took place between the airport and Hornsby Heights.
Presumably it didn't occur within airport boundary or we would be seeing pictures of the debris?
If it occurred outside the boundary, is it likely the debris will be discovered and reported by members of the public?

Event occured just after rotation according to the ATC tapes.

Similar damage to this Emirates incident in 2006 on its right hand engine. See post 26 for pics.

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/2...xb-18-oct.html

As the failure is on the inboard side - what happened to the portside fuselage?

Maybe it was harmonic resonance. ;)

Did somebody cry cowl! Looks like separation of the cowl.....

well, they did get a video chat from the engine! What is wrong with the press?!?!? I listened and I heard visual check, not video chat.......

I bet that the inspection and repair requirements of the cowl on that engine has been moved up!

http://services.casa.gov.au/airworth...011-0173R1.pdf

Extermally, there is some resemblance tp 44 years ago: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/...ts/AAR7502.pdf