Posted on 11/11/2010 2:00:06 PM PST by naturalman1975
A QANTAS superjumbo was a flying wreck after an engine exploded shooting chunks of metal through fuel tanks and flight control systems.
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When it touched down the fuel systems were failing, the forward spar supporting the left wing had been holed and one of the jet's two hydraulic systems was knocked out and totally drained of fluid.
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"There was a wealth of experience in the cockpit, even the lowest ranked officer on board had thousands of hours of experience in his former role as a military flying instructor," said Capt Woodward, himself an A380 pilot on leave from Qantas.
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Investigators found shrapnel damage to the flaps, a huge hole in the upper surface of the left wing and a generator that was not working.
The crew could not shutdown the No. 1 engine using the fire switch.
As a result the engine's fire extinguishers could not be deployed.
Captain Richard de Crespigny, first officer Matt Hicks and Mark Johnson, the second officer, could not jettison the volume of fuel required for a safe emergency landing.
With more than 80 tonnes of highly volatile jet kerosene still in the 11 tanks -- two of which were leaking - they made an overweight and high speed approach to Changi Airport.
Without full hydraulics the spoilers - the hinged flaps on the front of the wings - could not be fully deployed to slow the jet.
The crew also had to rely on gravity for the undercarriage to drop and lock into place.
On landing they had no anti-skid brakes and could rely on only one engine for reverse thrust - needing all of the 4km runway at Changi to bring the jet to a stop.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
“The engine might explode, but it shouldn’t transfer damage to the wing.”
I’m an A&P (not working at it anymore) and I’ve seen many videos of testing (shooting frozen Geese through the engines etc.) and I don’t recall seeing anything quite like that. Rolls Royce is an excellent engine manufacturer so I’m left wondering what happened. I wonder where the engine was built.
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There are all sorts of spoilers (some times called a lift dumper), some like you show, others come out along the top of the wing to kill lift ....
I knew you knew it...meant it as edumacation for others who didn’t! Hope spring in the Outback is treating you well!
Thought as much ... no wurries Mate ...Spring is almost now into summer here ... temps rising ... hi/lo 80/65F ...
ps ... those news sharpies also prob’ly don’t know there’s two types of spoilers, flight and ground ...... and also those front slats are called Krueger flaps ... here’s a great place for those here who’d like to learn more. http://www.b737.org.uk/flightcontrols.htm#Spoilers_/_Speedbrakes
>>> Good reason for flying Boeing - built in America!
There apparently was no fault with the airplane. It was the motor. And many Boeings are equipped with Rolls-Royce engines.
“Rolls has a 40 percent market share on the Boeing 787”
Correct, and maintenance is key. If I were a conspiracy theorist, I might suspect sabotage from a member of a maintenance crew that was also a follower of the “religion of peace” cult.
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