Air Canada emergency landing inKEF

[ashland]

Just heard that A330 with 281 pax made a single engine
landing in KEF Iceland. Local sheriff said the emergency landing
went well and emergency squad leader claimed the brakes did
not even warm up...everything went well and pax will be picked
up this evening by AC. The A330 will however need an engine
change before it can take off...

[321 Flyer]

So where did you hear about this? I can' t find any mention of it.

There was a news link here but I can't find it anymore.

[PaperTiger]

It appeared briefly on CBC, but has now disappeared. Nobody hurt so no story
Nice to know A330 brakes do not warm up on landing

Bit more detail on Flyertalk

[rotornut]

http://www.vf.is/frett/default.aspx?...ups=0&ID=24327

[Dingersan]

Yah. I was just north of Kef when I heard him going in there. He was telling them about dangerous goods and I think it confused the heck out of Iceland Radio. (Nothing really dangerous on board - just Air Canada SOP I guess.) Anyway, glad to hear it went well.

[sky330]

In case of emergency, advising the ATC and emergency services of any dangerous goods on board is an...... ICAO SOP

[AlphaWhiskyRomeo]

I heard a Polet An-124 picked up the sick engine today and brought it into PIK.

Any idea why it would come in there?

[PPRuNe Radar]

Probably to be repaired I would think

There is a GE engine facility at Prestwick

[AlphaWhiskyRomeo]

D'oh.

For some reason I was thinking RR instead.

Cheers.

[PaperTiger]

And you were correct AWR. AC's A330s have Rolls Royce Trent 772Bs.

[PPRuNe Radar]

In that case, maybe to be repaired by RR at East Kilbride

[Joetom]

Me thinks aircrafts are like cars now, a Ford can be fixed by Honda if they have suitable training in place.

But if failure was a strange/non-normal mode, then engine maker will want engine as soon as poss.

I think those RR fitted to 330 are ok now in general, think they had many problems when young, lack of oil flow caused IFSD's.

[lomapaseo]

So why are the folks staring at a closed cowl ?

[doo]

Flew AC857 LHR/YYZ 21 Nov, picked up a 2hr delay due a reverser fault #1 Eng, same a/c?

[ashland]

A330 in KEF

15 Air Canada engineers have been performing the engine change outdoors in KEF, as no wide body hangar available
in the worst rain and wind conditions that I have seen for a
long time there. They must be heroes if they get everything
right under these awful weather conditions,

[Flexable]

Can they ferry a spare engine on the big Airbus (330/340) like they did on the 747?

[mymymy]

#1 Eng tower shaft failure = N3 overspeed = OPU shutdown command = Diversion into KEF.

ashland, perhaps you could bring those engineers some coffee?

3my

[PaperTiger]

Can they ferry a spare engine on the big Airbus

This has been asked on a couple of boards, but no answer so far which suggests to me that it can't be done. Of course some might say that with a 5th (unpowered) engine hanging on a 340 it would never get off the ground

[What's a Girdler]

Well, thank goodness the other engine didn't fail otherwise he'd have taken all night!!

[Algy]

Anyone care to have a stab at the total cost of this? AOG; care of pax; An-124 hire (does RR pick that up?); aircraft to collect pax; knock-on effect on schedule...