EK A380 loses an engine out of Sydney on climb

[markis10]

About 20 minutes after leaving Sydney, Emirates flight EK413 experienced an "engine fault'' en route to Dubai.


"I saw a flash,'' John Fothergill, 49, from Auckland, said. "I thought it could have been lightening but then we saw flames come out of the engine. The whole interior of the A380 lit up.


"You'd have to say there were two or three metre flames. (The) explosion shook the plane, there was a bigger judder.''

http://mobile.news.com.au/travel/wo...engine-explosion/story-e6frfqai-1226514824688

 

[Fantic125]

Lucky munitalP wasn't on that one.

Would have cured him of A380's for life!

 

[QF WP]

Fantic125, LMAO. he's have needed a new pair of pants and would have sworn off flying A380 forever

 

[nlagalle]

Wasn't munitalP on that plane from AKL-SYD?

 

[Simo]

Wasn't munitalP on that plane from AKL-SYD?

Yep he sure was.

When I read the news story that was my first thought.

 

[Simo]

It will be interesting to see the similarities between Qantas incident and Emirates incident.

 

[oz_mark]

It will be interesting to see the similarities between Qantas incident and Emirates incident.

Probably not many. Can't even blame rolls royce with this one.

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[nlagalle]

It will be interesting to see the similarities between Qantas incident and Emirates incident.

Doesn't sound anything like QF32.

 

[Simo]

Both incidents happened in the climb stage of the flight.

Different engine manufactures.

 

[markis10]

Compressor stall vs uncontained component failure, and on climb is where these things often happen when the engine is working hard.

 

[Simo]

Doing some google searching this appears to be the first engine fault on the A380 with Emirates engines.

 

[markis10]

Doing some google searching this appears to be the first engine fault on the A380 with Emirates engines.

They have had a few which statistically is not surprising:

Emirates A380 engine problems on Paris flight | ArabianSupplyChain.com
( blamed on a fuel pump).

Its is the second one in a week for them in fact:
http://www.topix.com/sk/kosice

An Emirates Airbus A380-800, registration A6-EDO performing flight EK-201 from Dubai to New York JFK,NY , was enroute at FL340 about 30nm northeast of Kosice when the crew shut the #4 engine down.

 

[anat0l]

I suppose they won't categorically ground the entire A380 fleet to check their engines. They're relying on way too many to have them out of action, and nothing to cover the shortfall in capacity.

I have to admit that the title did make me think that some schlub reading it might interpret that to mean the engine physically disconnected from the aircraft (e.g. via an explosion); keyword being 'lost'.

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[simongr]

And soon will come the people to decry the QF/EK tie up due to EK safety issues...

 

[markis10]

And soon will come the people to decry the QF/EK tie up due to EK safety issues...

A valid concern already expressed by those with aviation experience who have looked at the Melbourne incident, amongst others.

 

[simongr]

Re: Ask The Pilot

People saw flames coming from the engine - I think that qualifies as an explosion.

 

[futaris]

Apparently the flight attendants did not make any announcements in Arabic...

 

[mannej]

People saw flames coming from the engine - I think that qualifies as an explosion.

In lay terms it may look like an explosion but I think it's not that simple aviation wise.

 

[anat0l]

Apparently the flight attendants did not make any announcements in Arabic...

Why - in case someone who couldn't understand Arabic misinterpreted it as the crew were hijacking the aircraft?

 

[nlagalle]

Why - in case someone who couldn't understand Arabic misinterpreted it as the crew were hijacking the aircraft?

According to the article, normally announcements are in English and Arabic.