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Post by addasih on Oct 5, 2017 14:27:16 GMT 1
Maybe if you consider F is the 6th letter in alphabet then that gives you 666
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philidor
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Post by philidor on Oct 5, 2017 16:29:51 GMT 1
Isn't the devil number not 666? No idea actually, you may be right ! I understood that the more '6' you get the worse it becomes ! With two '6' the plane lost an engine but landed safely, with three of them she would have been lost.
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Post by Jkkw on Oct 7, 2017 1:40:13 GMT 1
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Post by a380fanclub on Oct 7, 2017 10:43:06 GMT 1
First pics of debris from engine 4 have been released bij French BEA on October 6. The pieces have been recovered by team from Danish AIB 150 km southeast of Paamiut in Greenland, the position HPJE was in when the engine let go, and handed over to BEA for further investigation. The three pictures seem to show pieces of the fancase, but the single one I tweeted must be a fanblade with signs of it being ripped of on the left. If this happened in-flight or on impact on the ground is unclear of course, but it is significant that this is a single blade. On the pictures there is no sign of the rest of the rotor. Remember there seems to be a piece of fanblade left on the engine too (see post on October 2)
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Post by a380fanclub on Oct 10, 2017 21:35:05 GMT 1
HPJE to be ferried back to Europe on 3 working engines, reports Reuters. So will engine 2 of MSN004 indeed be used as a dummy?
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Post by Jkkw on Oct 11, 2017 0:31:40 GMT 1
Some operational details on how a 3 engined flight would be conducted
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Post by airboche on Oct 12, 2017 15:58:46 GMT 1
Interesting "normal" ferry procedure but this time the engine is almost missing and the pylon and wing are damaged. Plus important systems like hydraulics were affected as well. So it might be more of some test pilot job to move it to Airbus for further damage assessment and repairs.
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Post by stealthmanbob on Oct 12, 2017 23:38:27 GMT 1
Interesting "normal" ferry procedure but this time the engine is almost missing and the pylon and wing are damaged. Plus important systems like hydraulics were affected as well. So it might be more of some test pilot job to move it to Airbus for further damage assessment and repairs. I have not heard anything about hydraulic damage ? The front fan let go, that's not under the wing. The leading edge of the wing is a bit dented, caused by being hit by the cowling, but that's a simple part change. The pylon damage just seems to be the aerodynamic fairing, caused as above, and easily fixed. Load a replacement "free spinning, not plumbed in engine and cowling" and it's ready to ferry home ! The important bit is what happened to the engines first stage fan ! There are a lot more EA engines still flying !
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Post by stealthmanbob on Oct 13, 2017 0:00:24 GMT 1
PS on another note HiFly might have missed out by a few months, I have a replacement A380 I can lease you
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Post by stealthmanbob on Oct 13, 2017 10:57:59 GMT 1
Posted on ASN - aviation-safety.net/index.php"FAA issues emergency AD for GP7200 engine fan hub inspections after Air France accident 13 October 2017 The FAA issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) prompted by the recent an uncontained engine failure that occurred on Air France Airbus A380 powered by Engine Alliance (EA) GP7270 turbofan engines. On September 30, Air France flight 66 suffered an uncontained failure of the no.4 engine while en route over Greenland. The entire fan and engine air inlet cowling broke away. This prompted the crew to divert to Goose Bay, Canada. The FAA reported in their AD that the failure occurred on an Engine Alliance GP7270 turbofan engine that had 3,527 cycles since new, which is a relatively high cycle engine. The AD requires a one-time visual inspection of the GP7200 series engine fan hub, with the compliance time based on the number of accumulated flight cycles, and removal of the fan hub if damage or defects are found that are outside of serviceable limits. These interim actions are intended to prevent failure of the fan hub, which could lead to an uncontained release of the fan hub, damage to the engine, and damage to the airplane. The GP7200 series engine is in use by A380-861 aircraft of Air France, Etihad Airways, Korean Air, and Qatar Airways, as well as 90 of the 142 A380s ordered by Emirates."
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