Laudamotion Evacuation at Stansted
 

It appears that a Laudamotion A320 has put all the passengers down the chutes on to the Stansted runway after landing. no more details at this time but I am sure it will all become clear soon. obviously the airport is closed at the moment

Aborted TO by the looks of things (twitter). Can't post a URL yet.

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I saw it happen from my office window.

Huge yellow flame from the port side engine, lasted about 4 seconds, and then a large burst of white sparks, similar to when you see welding taking place, but they 'spat out' rather then fell out the back of the engine.

Looked like the aircraft moved a few feet before aborting, no real speed had built up at all.

Check out he history on FR24, did a flight on 26th, then did a non revenue service flight to Dusseldorf on 27th, went back to Vienna on non revenue flight on 1st March before starting to run in commercial service again which was the Vienna to Stansted leg.

Would be curious if some issue was identified earlier that was thought to be resolved but was not?

Media reports sound like a surge on No 2 engine leading to a RTO. The usual handful of minor injuries during the evac.

Evacuation on the runway seems rather extreme for a low speed RTO - I wonder if there was more to it than an engine surge...

I thought it was rather extreme that they waited 3 hours before reopening the runway (their only one):
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...borted-takeoff

I think the top reverser door is open - hence the slightly distorted D. The lighting blends the door into the nacelle.

I guess this means that the TLs were still at REV IDLE when the masters were switched off.

Yeh, I was wondering why too - interesting !

I don't think they were sitting doing nothing for 3 hours.

Given the short duration of travel time, would they have kept it closed for AAIB to have a look??

Saw photos shot soon after the EVAC showing scenes around the A320 and behind it, and on the runway looked like a load of bits and pieces - so did the engine cough out it's guts?

Evac. with no fire and running engine ? - I am interested for the final report, dont wanna to spread sth around before, but I am sure Ryanair will have a detailed look into their new "baby" LaudaMotion specially after this.

How : engine surge on take off roll
 

Grateful if someone here can explain to me (SLF) how can a engine surge happen during a take of roll ? After all, isn't there enough forward motion to ensure enough airflow into the engine intake ? Thank you.

There is always the possibility that the cabin reported a visible engine fire (out the tailpipe) and a desire to evacuate immediately. The pilots would probably have secured the engine as soon as they stopped (EGT pegged)

I'm not sure that any of this is bad (in this case)

Of course we are not sure who initiated the Evacuation.
In some Airlines (i.e. BA) Cabin Crew can initiate an Evacuation.

As take off roll (usually) starts from being on stop, initially there is no ram air except for any headwind. The ground roll, especially at low speed, is one of the most likely times for such a surge. In this case, it seems this is very much the case, from one of the earliest posts from an eye witness:
So it is unclear what exactly is your point, which is worded to appear as a rhetorical question.

In this particular incident, the same witness also reported seeing:
This indicates it is highly likely to have been a mechanical disintegration from within the engine, in which case any discussion about natural surges caused simply by insufficient airflow appear to be completely irrelevant.