Another Russian aircraft down AN-24
 

Fatalities as Angara An-24 ditches after engine fire

Has there been a lot of them lately (not only Russian) or is it only me?!

Is it the quality of Maintenance & flying rather than the machine.

Accident: Angara AN24 near Nizhnevartovsk on Jul 11th 2011, water landing after engine fire
Accident: Angara AN24 near Nizhnevartovsk on Jul 11th 2011, water landing after engine fire

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Video of ditching
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Most of AN-24's already have above 50000 hours and 25000 landings...

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That's a long time for an engine fuel fed fire (video). Might be a large leak closer to the tank

ditching an AN-24 and rescued by a Mi-8. The day just keeps getting better !

See the pictures? It is an AH-24 PB which translates from the Kyrillic alphabet into AN-24RV.

This one is "Reaktivnyy Ooskoritel" - a Turbojet boosted export version, similar to the An-24V but fitted with a 1,985-lb (900-kg) thrust auxiliary turbojet engine in the starboard nacelle.

I can see in the video that the fire seems to be in the port nacelle but who know what Ivan has built into the port nacelle as a "counterweight" to the turbojet in the starboard one...? Maybe the additional fuel tank for the booster?

Fuel tanks are located in the wings, right where the fire seems to be on the video.

I can't imagine a fuel tank being located in one nacelle to "counterweigh" the engine in another. How would you keep the plane balanced when the fuel has been spent???

So where is a pic of the prop on the # 1 engine?

Considering that most fires end up in a complete loss, I think the crew did a good job of getting the aircraft down and saving some of the passengers on-board.

unbalanced an 24
 

I thought it was a APU in one engine nacelle ... not a turbojet .. I maybe wrong ..

I remember, port side as off-limits, when the APU was running .. or was is starboard ??? :{:{:(:(

Yes it's a turbojet, it provides significant thrust to assist during takeoff, climb, high altitude, heavy load etc. It can be used as an APU but uses way too much fuel for that role. I think it's the only plane with turboprop and turbojet engines installed at the same time :)

According to prelim info from MAK they received a "metal particles in engine oil" alert and began to prepare for an emergency landing, an engine fire ensued.

The question may be asked then how come they didn't shut it down if it looked like it was about to self destruct?

We had one take off from STN on Saturday night. It had originally gone tech with engine problems. It didn't half churn out some smoke behind it.