Motorproblemer i helgen - Curt Lewis

 

Incident: ANA B773 over Pacific on Mar 28th 2021, engine shut down in flight   An ANA All Nippon Airways Boeing 777-300, registration JA788A performing flight NH-106 from Tokyo Haneda (Japan) to Los Angeles,CA (USA), was enroute at FL350 over the Pacific Ocean about 620nm west of Vancouver,BC (Canada) and about 1270nm northwest of Los Angeles, when the crew needed to shut the left hand engine (GE90) down due to loss of oil pressure. The aircraft drifted down to FL240 and diverted to Vancouver for a safe landing on runway 26R about 115 minutes after leaving FL350. The aircraft taxied to the apron after inspection by emergency services.

 

 

Incident: Fedex MD11 at London on Mar 25th 2021, engine trouble A Fedex Federal Express McDonnell Douglas MD-11, registration N582FE performing flight FX-9049 from London Stansted,EN (UK) to Memphis,TN (USA), was climbing out of Stansted's runway 22 when the crew stopped the climb at 4000 feet due to engine #3 (CF6, right hand) trouble. The aircraft turned north, overflew Bishop's Stortford,EN (UK) on vectors, subsrquently climbed to FL070, later climbed to FL140, turned out to the North Sea to dump fuel, and returned to Stansted for a safe landing on runway 22 about 65 minutes after departure. A resident in Bishop's Stortford reported he heard an aircraft late night around 22:30L (22:30Z) emitting bangs similiar to compressor stalls. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in London about 69 hours after landing back. The engine is going to be replaced.

 

 

Incident: Aeroflot A333 at Vladivostok on Mar 27th 2021, rejected takeoff due to engine failure An Aeroflot Airbus A330-300, registration VP-BDD performing flight SU-1703 from Vladivostok to Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia), was accelerating for takeoff from Vladivostok's runway 25L when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed (just below 80 knots over ground) due to an engine (Trent 772) failure. The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron. The aircraft is still on the ground in Vladivostok about 17 hours after the rejected takeoff. The airport reported the passengers disembarked and were taken to hotels. Passengers reported one of the engines failed during the takeoff run, the crew reacted quickly as lightning.