Tailpipe Fire during engine startup
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Again, a good FADEC system should have a miminum starter re-engage speed interlock to stop the silly boys at the front end from messing with things they shouldn't!!
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And the EICAS or whatever should shout at them for trying.
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And the EICAS or whatever should shout at them for trying.
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You don't want to be taxiing too close behind an a/c with rear mounted engines starting up on a cold day.
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27 years ago (omygod!) I was sitting in the upper deck of a brandnew ANA 747SR on the ramp at Haneda, while a dozen line mechs pored over the shiny new cockpit. All was relatively quiet - but then I heard this foghorn-like sound, and I wondered what in a 747 could those guys have actuated that sounded like that. 
After discreetly looking the situation over, and finding nothing relevant, I happened to glance out a portside window - and at least 500 m. away, there was an ANA TriStar cranking up. You couldn't miss the cloud of fuel vapor behind #2 engine. As the vapor lessened, so did the foghorn.
After discreetly looking the situation over, and finding nothing relevant, I happened to glance out a portside window - and at least 500 m. away, there was an ANA TriStar cranking up. You couldn't miss the cloud of fuel vapor behind #2 engine. As the vapor lessened, so did the foghorn.
Be aware that years ago, passengers decided to evacuate an airplane because of excess fuel from an APU start, which was under the right wing.
Will your Flight Attendants TELL YOU anytime they see anything which is abnormal, even fairly minor, unusual sounds and fluid leaks? If they find the Captain easy to chat with, and the Captain seems open to any useful information, they might not think twice about it.
With less obvious, minor abnormalities, after they find out that the c0ckp1t crew appear cold, arrogant or insulting etc, they might keep quiet. This happened between a (Western?) DC-10 FO and Captain years ago landing in Mexico City, and it led to a tragedy.
Will your Flight Attendants TELL YOU anytime they see anything which is abnormal, even fairly minor, unusual sounds and fluid leaks? If they find the Captain easy to chat with, and the Captain seems open to any useful information, they might not think twice about it.
With less obvious, minor abnormalities, after they find out that the c0ckp1t crew appear cold, arrogant or insulting etc, they might keep quiet. This happened between a (Western?) DC-10 FO and Captain years ago landing in Mexico City, and it led to a tragedy.
