A380 engine trouble on Qantas flight

[Hardy Heinlin]

"started from the back" -- I interpreted OKD as "back to the roots of the causal chain: From electronics to wires to engines ...".


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[OKD]

Hey Hardy...

I haven't really had a good look at the 787 layout, just read what The Australian printed  :mrgreen:

It stated.."rear electronic bay"..

[Hardy Heinlin]

Ah, so your "back" was indeed "spatially" meant, not "analytically" :-)

[Phil Bunch]

A news update/excerpt:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-11/qantas-airbus-blowout-traced-to-oil-fire-in-rolls-royce-engine-easa-says.html
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An engine explosion on an Airbus SAS A380 operated by Qantas Airways Ltd. was probably caused by an oil fire in one of the plane's four Rolls-Royce Group Plc Trent 900 turbines, the European Aviation Safety Agency said.

The fire may have caused the disintegration of the engine's intermediate pressure turbine disc, according to an emergency airworthiness directive published last night by EASA instructing operators to check for "abnormal oil leakage" in all Trent 900s.

"This condition, if not detected, could ultimately result in uncontained engine failure, potentially leading to damage to the aeroplane and hazards to persons or property on the ground," EASA said in the directive. The discovery of any discrepancy should "prohibit further engine operation," the regulator said
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[Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers]

Looks like OK info:

http://www.roger-wilco.net/qantas-flight-qf-32-media-versus-reality/

[OKD]

yep, spot on...Hardy...

One more quick question to Hardy...what IF PS X release date goes beyond Windows 7 era? Do you have any contingency plan to have PS X matching the "newer" Windows version..not that I have heard of newer coming up, just a thought.

[Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers]

"In theory" this problem will be solved by the people behind Java.

[OKD]

great one less problem for me to figure out, "in theory"... :mrgreen:

[John Golin]

Or be like the author and run it on a Mac

[John Golin]

A couple of interesting pictures of the damage over at PPRuNe

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/432704-qantas-a380-uncontained-2-engine-failure-49.html#post6063070

[Phil Bunch]

Interesting news story/update:

http://www.timesonline.com/bct_news/news_details/article/1373/2010/november/12/singapore-airlines-pulls-3-a380s-due-to-engines.html

Sounds like it will be a difficult time for Rolls Royce and the A380 fleet...the pprune.org forum pages that John Golin linked for us make for very interesting reading, as one might expect.

[Peter Lang]

Here some other interesting information:

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2010/11/17/the-anatomy-of-the-airbus-a380-qf32-near-disaster/

Peter

[Phil Bunch]

Here some other interesting information:

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2010/11/17/the-anatomy-of-the-airbus-a380-qf32-near-disaster/

Peter

Thanks for this link.  This fellow's blog was especially interesting and informative to me, even though I'm just an interested amateur and aviation enthusiast (self-loading freight or SLF, as pprune.org refers to us passengers!).

[Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers]

http://www.roger-wilco.net/would-i-fly-on-an-airbus-a380/

[OKD]

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/how-miracle-unfolded-on-qantas-a380-at-changi-airport/story-e6frg95x-1225972945939

interesting to read.....guys...