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http://www.avherald.comregi wrote:I wonder if there is a website where all those returns are registered.
Thank you, Polaris, it just shows what I stated. A lot of mishaps.( I have put it in my favoritesPolaris wrote:http://www.avherald.comregi wrote:I wonder if there is a website where all those returns are registered.
Here you go, probably not all are in there, but I think it's interesting...
)Meanwhile, Rolls Royce keeps a deafening silence!The aircraft sustained wiring cuts, the loss of the green hydraulic system and some structural damage as result of the #2 engine uncontained failure. The crew maintained control of the aircraft throughout the flight with autopilot being engaged until 700 feet radar altitude on approach to Singapore, engines #1, #3 and #4 were manually controlled until landing. The landing was done with flaps configuration 3 due to slats being unavailable. The aircraft landed 100 minutes after the engine failure, following the landing engine #1 could not be shut down due to wiring damage which prevented the LP and HP valves to be closed.
smokejumper wrote:I don't know if anyone has seen this but .... (story in Everett (WA) newspaper):
story headline "Expert: Airbus A380 could have lost wing"
see: http://www.heraldnet.com/article/201011 ... 1010/BIZ01
Loosing a wing is not a good thing!
On Nov 17th the ATSB reported, that the engine has been removed from the aircraft (see photos http://avherald.com/img/qantas_a388_vh- ... 104_10.jpg and http://avherald.com/img/qantas_a388_vh- ... 04_10a.jpg) and is now being dismantled. The low pressure turbine has already been removed to allow examination of the damage in the intermediate pressure turbine area. The aircraft examination is continuing, a number of wing and body fairing panels have been removed from the aircraft to facilitate the examination of the underlying structures and systems. This work is going to continue at least for the remainder of the week. The search in Batam for debris has recovered several turbine blades and blade attachments but failed to retrieve the missing parts of the turbine disk.
Thank you for the pictures lead.smokejumper wrote:Story and pictures in Flight Global.
See: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... amage.html
I think folks were lucky in this situation.
The perforation of the rib is quite spectacular. It looks as machined out of solid aluminium rolled plate( I doubt they used titanium for this application ) . No machined casting, but strong wrought material.DeltaWiskey wrote:Interesting link with more explanation and pictures: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking ... -disaster/
But not the wing spars as far as I know.
Boeing fans have nothing to crow about - consider the issues with the B-787.dsa330 wrote:smokejumper wrote:I don't know if anyone has seen this but .... (story in Everett (WA) newspaper):
story headline "Expert: Airbus A380 could have lost wing"
see: http://www.heraldnet.com/article/201011 ... 1010/BIZ01
Loosing a wing is not a good thing!
it's all getting blown out of proportion now by boeing fans
On Nov 22nd the ATSB reported, that the low pressure and intermediate pressure turbine modules including the shafts have been removed from the engine. Together with the recovered parts of the intermediate pressure turbine those parts of interest are being shipped to Rolls Royce for further examination under the supervision of the British AAIB. The examination of the airframe is continuing with the focus now on hydraulic, mechanical and electric systems that have been affected by engine debris. The ATSB expects their on-site investigators will be able to return to Australia by Friday Nov 26th. No further update is to be expected until the release of the preliminary report on Dec 3rd.
