Tim Verheyden wrote: 10 Apr 2024, 13:18
From what I've been told by a maintenance worker at TUI: An oil leak from engine #2's rear bearing.
An oil leak that requires removing an engine is a symptom of a far worse problem.
Speculation on my part: may be related to an FAA AD over inspecting certain compressor parts in PW1900G engines and accelerated replacement schedule for others. That would definitely require the engine coming off the aircraft.
AD was published March 27, and operators knew it was coming since January. Enough time to plan/perform the work before the Summer season.
DIBO wrote: 08 Apr 2024, 17:48
any info on why E295 OO-ETC is 'grounded' for over 2 weeks? AOG presumably?
KriVa wrote: 09 Apr 2024, 14:06
Engine issues, presumably. I saw it in the vicinity of Hangar 40 a few days ago with the #2 engine missing and the nacelle etc. taped up.
Though I don’t know anything about the exact nature of the issue(-s).
From what I've been told by a maintenance worker at TUI: An oil leak from engine #2's rear bearing.
New inflight safety video since May 1st for all airlines within the TUI Group:
TUI have landed a new take on the classic in-flight safety film, Safety: A Global Film. The work celebrates TUI destinations, offering a highly-engaging safety briefing by reimagining it through the lens of world cinema.
Safety: A Global Film journeys with the viewer through multiple scenes, each taking inspiration from a different genre popular in, or, made famous by, a country that TUI operates to. From ancient Egyptian tombs à la Indiana Jones to Kill Bill-esque Chinese temples, the film is a bright, vivid, and colourful extravaganza of sights and sounds from around the globe. source: TUI
It looks like another Antwerp stationed Embraer (OO-ETB) has been taken out of rotation. With OO-ETC grounded this leaves only one Embraer active leading to flights being rerouted from ANR to BRU.
RIP Mandy Linder (33), Belgian cabin crew TUI, killed in this Boeing Stearman crash on Friday 28th June:
Emergency services dispatched for small plane that crashed in Hasselt, Belgium; one fatality
A Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (registered OO-OUI) crashed near Heidestraat in Hasselt, Belgium, on Friday evening around 17:20 LT. According to TV Limburg, two people were in the biplane, and one of them, a lady, died. Emergency services rushed to the crash site and transported the pilot to a hospital.
On Friday evening, emergency services received several reports of a small plane crashing in a forest behind a house near Heidestraat. Residents of the street are used to the sound of planes since Kiewit airport, a small regional airfield, is only about two kilometres away.
However, this plane caught their attention. Two neighbours saw the biplane flying quite low, but suddenly the engine started sputtering, and the plane made a sharp turn. After that, it went silent, and they heard a dull thud. Another neighbour, who had just arrived, saw the biplane circling and then crashing.
Part of the street has been cordoned off. The police and the Limburg public prosecutor’s office are urging people to respect the perimeter, as several onlookers have already tried to bypass it. https://www.aviation24.be/miscellaneous ... t-belgium/
To compound TUI's problems today, TUI fly Netherlands flight OR375 (Boeing 787-8 reg. PH-TFJ) from Amsterdam to Willemstad, Curaçao, squawked 7700 and diverted to London Gatwick. Probably medical, since the flight took off again to continue to CUR, where it is expected with a delay of 2 hours.
Almost 48 hours delay for the 170 passengers from Friday's TB-3581 Palermo-Brussels because their aircraft (OO-TMZ B737 MAX-8) is stuck in Naples). https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/tb3581
And adding to misery, TUI's handling agent at Palermo Airport is not doing what he must do = assist the passengers, provide a hotel and drinks & meals, rerouting them if possible, ... https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/07/20 ... uchthaven/
Edited: OO-TMZ arrived in Brussels on Saturday night, 23h40 local time.
Passenger wrote: 21 Jul 2024, 10:05
Almost 48 hours delay for the 170 passengers from Friday's TB-3581 Palermo-Brussels because their aircraft (OO-TMZ B737 MAX-8) is stuck in Naples). https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/tb3581
And adding to misery, TUI's handling agent at Palermo Airport is not doing what he must do = assist the passengers, provide a hotel and drinks & meals, rerouting them if possible, ... https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/07/20 ... uchthaven/
Edited: OO-TMZ arrived in Brussels on Saturday night, 23h40 local time.
Passenger wrote: 21 Jul 2024, 10:05
Almost 48 hours delay for the 170 passengers from Friday's TB-3581 Palermo-Brussels because their aircraft (OO-TMZ B737 MAX-8) is stuck in Naples). https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/tb3581
And adding to misery, TUI's handling agent at Palermo Airport is not doing what he must do = assist the passengers, provide a hotel and drinks & meals, rerouting them if possible, ... https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/07/20 ... uchthaven/
Edited: OO-TMZ arrived in Brussels on Saturday night, 23h40 local time.
It’s always easy to say behind a computer screen at home, without knowing anything else than media information…
Passenger wrote: 21 Jul 2024, 10:05
Almost 48 hours delay for the 170 passengers from Friday's TB-3581 Palermo-Brussels because their aircraft (OO-TMZ B737 MAX-8) is stuck in Naples). https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/tb3581
And adding to misery, TUI's handling agent at Palermo Airport is not doing what he must do = assist the passengers, provide a hotel and drinks & meals, rerouting them if possible, ... https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/07/20 ... uchthaven/
Edited: OO-TMZ arrived in Brussels on Saturday night, 23h40 local time.
It’s always easy to say behind a computer screen at home, without knowing anything else than media information…
Only media information is fully reliable when the airline itself explains in the media what happened. Just listen to the interview VTM Nieuws had with Piet Demeyere, spokesman for TUI Belgium: see link in the HLN link down below:
This is what Piet Demeyere told to VTM: "...We hebben de Wet van Murphy meegemaakt. CrowdStrike zal daar misschien voor iets tussen zitten. Maar het is in de eerste plaats een onmogelijke communicatie geweest met onze afhandelaar ter plaatse. We hebben alles gevraagd: water aan boord, maaltijden, accommodatie. Niets is geregeld. We kregen nauwelijks antwoorden op onze vragen. En dat heeft uiteindelijk die ellendige situatie voor de reizigers veroorzaakt... Dit vinden we absoluut iets waarvoor de reiziger moet worden gecompenseerd. We gaan die allemaal 250 Euro terugstorten - moeten ze niets voor doen - dat zal in de komende dagen op hun rekening staan..."
That is exactly what I wrote: the handling agent in Palermo did nothing what he had to do and what TUI asked them to = provide drinks, meals and a hotel.
