BA A319 Emergency Landing at LHR

[Paul.B]

Seems the plane suffered an engine fault shortly after take-off and returned to LHR. All evacuated safely.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22652718

[Geneve]

All safe apparently, but no clear indication of how serious it was, although we can no doubt expect some sensationalised reporting.

Bound to be very disruptive to LHR, just prior to a busy weekend.

[fatboy b]

So the RH engine caught fire. What was happening to the LH engine then?

[onyx39]

Someone didnt check the news forum first..



http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[onyx39]

fatboy b said:

So the RH engine caught fire. What was happening to the LH engine then?

Theres seems to be some talk of issues with both engines... anyway.. a single engine failure would require a RTB.

[Paul.B]

onyx39 said:

Someone didnt check the news forum first..



http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Someone only visits a carefully selected handful of forums
Besides, the mod's normally relish the idea of moving a thread if at all possible.

[ralphrj]

onyx39 said:

fatboy b said:

So the RH engine caught fire. What was happening to the LH engine then?

Theres seems to be some talk of issues with both engines... anyway.. a single engine failure would require a RTB.

Both engines damaged.

[pete]

It looks like compressor/turbine damage on the starboard engine, and just pylon and cowling impact damage on the port? Scary if so; it will be fascinating to hear if it's a multiple bird strike, or a maintenance failure. The more I think about it, the pylon damage could have been caused when the port cowling separated, and who knows what could have been hit or punctured under the starboard cowlings when they came off.... <ScratchesHead/>

Edited by pete on Friday 24th May 14:09

[Starfighter]

Both cowlings are showing the same type of damage where the access hatches have been ripped off just short of the top hinges. Did someone forget to lock them down during ground checks?

[onyx39]

Starfighter said:

Both cowlings are showing the same type of damage where the access hatches have been ripped off just short of the top hinges. Did someone forget to lock them down during ground checks?

Could they have been removed in a hurry by the fire service?

[LotusOmega375D]

onyx39 said:

Starfighter said:

Both cowlings are showing the same type of damage where the access hatches have been ripped off just short of the top hinges. Did someone forget to lock them down during ground checks?

Could they have been removed in a hurry by the fire service?

The inflight footage of the port enqine shows that the cowling had already gone. It was the starboard engine which was smoking. Does seem more than a coincidence.

[onyx39]

LotusOmega375D said:

onyx39 said:

Starfighter said:

Both cowlings are showing the same type of damage where the access hatches have been ripped off just short of the top hinges. Did someone forget to lock them down during ground checks?

Could they have been removed in a hurry by the fire service?

The inflight footage of the port enqine shows that the cowling had already gone. It was the starboard engine which was smoking. Does seem more than a coincidence.

I wonder when the cowlings left the aircraft... I wouldn't fancy one of those landing on my head!

[saaby93]

Starfighter said:

Both cowlings are showing the same type of damage where the access hatches have been ripped off just short of the top hinges. Did someone forget to lock them down during ground checks?

Possibly why they shut down the airport for a few hours to check any others about to take off?

[MitchT]

LotusOmega375D said:

The inflight footage of the port enqine shows that the cowling had already gone. It was the starboard engine which was smoking. Does seem more than a coincidence.

Both cowlings parted company with the aircraft while it was still in the air, as the first photo on here shows...

http://avherald.com/h?article=462beb5e&opt=0

It'll be interesting to see what the crew say. Surely if it was a multiple bird strike then they'll be able to report this. I'd be surprised by bird strikes causing the cowlings to be lost though. I'm more inclined to think that both cowlings had been incorrectly secured when the aircraft was last serviced. If someone thought they were doing it right, but was actually doing it wrong, it would explain both being the same.

I'll also be interested to know what power loss/reduction, if any, was experienced on the two engines.

Edited by MitchT on Friday 24th May 18:53

[eccles]

My money is on both sets of cowling not properly secured, both part company with the aircraft and the Stbd one doing some damage leading to the fire/heat damage as it leaves.

[knight]

That's pretty much what seems to have happened as far as I can tell after speaking to a couple of the guys here at BA T1

[onyx39]

knight said:

That's pretty much what seems to have happened as far as I can tell after speaking to a couple of the guys here at BA T1

Someone's going to be looking for a new job tomorrow!

[Simpo Two]

Fifth column?

[eccles]

On channel 5 news just now thay just said 'passengers reported seeing flames from the engine at 60,000 feet in the air'.

[S3_Graham]

eccles said:

On channel 5 news just now thay just said 'passengers reported seeing flames from the engine at 60,000 feet in the air'.

Is the 'smoke' just them dumping fuel? To avoid an overweight landing?

I'd be surprised if the same person did both cowl's what with etop's etc