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Air France A380 lost engine
Last night an Air France Airbus A380 from Abidjan to Paris lost an engine and had to turn around, and landed safely in Abidjan. See flightaware
Im just wondering why this isnt mentioned in news hardly anywhere. Is it less of a big deal when an A380 loses an engine than what Id think? It is top news on Ivory Coast's main news site (abidjan net) but I cant see it anywhere else. |
Do you mean “lost” as in it fell off and is missing, or do you mean it was shut down, and the aircraft flew safely on the three remaining engines. The first is clearly cause for concern, the second rates about as much news coverage as it seems to be getting |
Geesh, I hope they find the lost engine. These things aren't cheap!
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I dont know. The news article I found just said "lost" without specifying.
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If it fell in the Suburbs of Abidjan the chances of finding it back is remote, probably already dismantled and parts used to make something else..:)
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3 4 the long haul! "Press on, Monsieur!"
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Originally Posted by ASRAAMTOO
(Post 10412430)
Do you mean “lost” as in it fell off and is missing, or do you mean it was shut down, and the aircraft flew safely on the three remaining engines. "Un porte-parole d'Air France à Paris joint par l'AFP a précisé que "Techniquement , c'est ce qu'on appelle un pompage réacteur. C'est une avarie moteur qui est connue" '...) "Ca peut être lié à l'ingestion d'un oiseau par un réacteur au décollage"." Which loosely translates as "it was an engine surge" and "could have been to do with ingestion of a bird". Would appear to be a non-event and not news worthy. |
Beware the confusion over a "lost" engine. The ambiguity didn't help American 191 in Chicago when the engine physically separated from the airframe on departure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americ...nes_Flight_191 |
It's OK, after a short search they found it attached to a wing.
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Attached to a wing of an LH A-380... :hmm:
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Originally Posted by CargoOne
(Post 10412585)
Some pilots prefer to land in Shiraz, others prefer Abidjan to CDG/BCN/TLS - more often than not they are not paid enough to think about pax convenience and aircraft recovery cost.
Air France have a maintenance line station there and there's plenty of reasonable hotels nearby for the pax. Seems like a perfectly reasonable decision to me. |
Originally Posted by Webby737
(Post 10412645)
Abidjan would not be a problem.
Air France have a maintenance line station there and there's plenty of reasonable hotels nearby for the pax. Seems like a perfectly reasonable decision to me. |
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Can you do a three engine ferry flight with an A380?
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Yes. The one that had the major engine failure (ie lost the fan in flight over Greenland) and diverted to Goose Bay had a non-operating engine attached and did a 3-engine ferry flight pack to Paris.
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Can you do a three engine ferry flight with an A380? |
It will be a three engine ferry or else fire up the Antonov!
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That was heavy damage with the potential to get even worse with time. Good decision Captain! |
Those African bird strikes are a complete different ball game (not joking). Sully’s geese are pigeons compared to some of those. |
Originally Posted by ASRAAMTOO
(Post 10412430)
Do you mean “lost” as in it fell off and is missing, or do you mean it was shut down, and the aircraft flew safely on the three remaining engines. The first is clearly cause for concern, the second rates about as much news coverage as it seems to be getting |
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