"Washing Machine" Flight
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BBC report makes it sound like a bigger deal than the AV Herald seems to indicate: http://avherald.com/h?article=4aac9f14&opt=0
What neither say is whether the vibrations stopped after the engine was shut down.
What neither say is whether the vibrations stopped after the engine was shut down.
MitchT said:
BBC report makes it sound like a bigger deal than the AV Herald seems to indicate: http://avherald.com/h?article=4aac9f14&opt=0
What neither say is whether the vibrations stopped after the engine was shut down.
I'd guess that those are the vibrations with the engine shut down and windmilling.What neither say is whether the vibrations stopped after the engine was shut down.
Scary no doubt... Have to say I had an elevated HR at some points on my flight from Schipol to East Mids on one of Flybe's Dash-8's. The cabin fittings were vibrating so badly I thought the whole thing was going to just shake apart! And it was going in and out of phase and that had its own underlying frequency where it seemed to get louder and louder with each peak.
But looks like they had a fan-blade off and the cowling has done its job, the engine has stayed in one piece and the pilots did the right thing to bring it home. Pretty marvelous.
Interestingly I just had Job Alert from RR for a Materials Engineer
But looks like they had a fan-blade off and the cowling has done its job, the engine has stayed in one piece and the pilots did the right thing to bring it home. Pretty marvelous.
Interestingly I just had Job Alert from RR for a Materials Engineer
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