Engine failure probed
after A330 aborts Gatwick take-off
0 8 MAY, 2018 - SOURCE: FLIGHT
DASHBOARD - BY: DAVID KAMINSKI-MORROW - LONDON
Canadian
investigators have detailed an engine incident which led an Air
Transat Airbus A330-300 to abort take-off at London Gatwick.
Transportation Safety Board of
Canada says the aircraft, bound for Toronto on 3 May, had been accelerating
past 100kt when the crew heard a "bang", and the twinjet began to
yaw.
"A few seconds later,
another bang was heard which was also associated with another yaw," it
adds. The crew rejected the take-off and brought the aircraft to a halt on the
runway.
Pilots received an engine
failure and engine stall message relating to the right-hand Rolls-Royce Trent
700 powerplant, and the crew shut it down. Air traffic control stated that
black smoke was emanating from the engine, and the crew activated the
extinguisher.
No damage was found to the
aircraft (C-GTSD) which Flight Fleets Analyzer lists as a 17-year old airframe.
Nor were there any injuries among the 326 passengers and 11 crew members.
Investigators have yet to
disclose the extent and nature of the powerplant damage.
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