AirAsia flight #D7237 from Perth to Kuala Lumpur turns back after engine issue

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AirAsia flight #D7237 from Perth to Kuala Lumpur turns back after engine issue

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Maarten published this article yesterday about AirAsia Airbus A330 with an engine failure.

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/airasia ... sue-d7237/

I added a movie with a passenger video.

Some interesting thoughts I found in this article: https://www.crikey.com.au/2017/06/26/wh ... e=facebook[/u]

Why didn't the pilots decide to fly to the closest airport ?
There are so many things that are wrong about yesterday’s incident involving an AirAsia X A330 trying to fly from Perth to Kuala Lumpur that it is possible Australia’s air safety regulator, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), and incident investigator, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), could be forced to haul the Malaysian carrier into line.

The twin-engine wide-body Airbus began to shake violently (as shown in passenger videos) after a fan blade broke apart and flew, according to the commentary from the flight’s captain, into the core of the engine.
But instead of landing at the nearest suitable airfield, which in this case was Learmonth (near Exmouth), the jet carrying 359 passengers flew all the way back to Perth.

The ATSB investigation will determine the exact times and distances. However, the jet was at 38,000 feet, about 370 kilometres from Learmonth, when a loud bang followed by strong vibrations caused the engine to be shut down.

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Re: AirAsia flight #D7237 from Perth to Kuala Lumpur turns back after engine issue

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luchtzak wrote: 26 Jun 2017, 14:06 Why didn't the pilots decide to fly to the closest airport ?
Because pilots are trained to divert to the nearest SUITABLE airport, which is not the same as "closest".

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