Air Canada A333 Engine Vibrations
 

created Thursday, Sep 17th 2009 05:46Z, last updated Thursday, Sep 17th 2009 05:46ZAn Air Canada Airbus A330-300, registration C-GFAF performing flight AC-844 from Calgary,AB (Canada) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), was enroute 40nm south of Igloolik,NU (Canada, N6822 W8109) and about 1500nm north of Toronto,ON (Canada) when the crew reported high vibrations of the right hand engine (Trent 772). Upon request by the company the crew decided to divert to Toronto, where the aircraft landed safely about 3:05 hours later.

The flight was cancelled.

FlightAware > Live Flight Tracker > Air Canada #844 > 15-Sep-2009 > CYYC-EDDF

And your point is?...

So they landed, big deal!
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OMG are we going for most pointless thread of the year award! Seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :ugh: :ugh: :ugh:

What about frequent flyer miles for the diversion :}?!?

Spotter alert.

Sorry mate, a really pointless thread. If we were to report every divert the pages of PPRuNe would crash on a regular basis. I could have understood if there was a conclusion to your post but it did beg the question "and your point is"?

So bloody what? hardly an unheard of occurance, worst case crew can elect to shut the engine down , end of story..moron.:ugh:

response to AC 844-15 Sept.
 

It all was a bit different. I was on that flight and was looking out of the window, admiring the fantastic northern lights. All of a sudden there was a big explosion in the right engine of the aircraft. With a big bang, a huge flash came out of the engine. The aircraft shook tremendously. For about 15 to 30 seconds sparks came out of the engine. The pilot had shut down the engine. A pilot came to our seats to check whether flames or sparks came out of the engine. I tell you it was a pretty frightening situation. Fortunately shutting down the engine solved the problem, they told us that they restarted the demaged engine and could use it with a 1/4 of the power, but I doubt that. We landed safely, and I must admit that I was happy to be on the ground. Out of profession (I am a photojournalist) I fly a lot and have no fear what soever for flying, but I was pretty nervous that three hours to Toronto. I strolled the net to see whether somebody had wrote someting about it and bumed into this forum. So there was more to it than just trembling engines as Air Canada try to believe you.
Paul Spierenburg

Couldnt have been that badly damaged if they restarted it , and why do you doubt what the crew told you, technically qualified on type are we?

<<I am a photojournalist>>

Aaaarrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

what's with all the agressivity ?? who forces you to read yet along to reply ? isn't it why this website is made for in the first place ?? posting news of events, big or small, that do not make the headlines but are still interesting for some of us? thanks for posting korrol, and thanks for the details Paul :ok:

Hi jumbo still trying of pass yourself of as a commercial pilot i see !

Smudge,of course he is qualfied on type, the mans a journo for gods sake

still trying ?
lol...that is interesting really. I am a polite person so I won't even reply to your childish comment.

Well I’m not qualified on the A330, but I am on the B737. I find it interesting, thanks for posting it Karrol.


This is the spotters corner.......... :rolleyes:

You will find a lot of pilots will come down here and have a read about things and answer any questions any of you guys have. But reading some of the aggressive and sarcastic posts I wonder why, if all you can do is be rude to one another?

well said Stue....but be careful, they will think you are trying to pass yourself as a 737 pilot...this is hilarious...