Not really what you want to hear coming from your pilot

Passengers described the wild ride as being like “a washing machine” with rapid shaking and rattling following a “huge bang” that took place around 75 minutes into the six-hour journey. The shaking, framed as something of an “engine seizure,” was reported to have been so violent that the pilot – even with 44 years of experience – called on passengers to “pray.”

Passengers were also asked to “keep an eye on” the engine outside their window, as the pilot did not have a good view from the cabin.

No one was injured during the terrifying trip on the budget airline, although marine emergency services north of Perth were placed on standby incase a water landing was required, Australia’s local ABC reported.



http://www.foxnews.com/world/2...ouble-on-flight.html

Jesus that ranks right up there with the Bomb Tech yelling for you to try to keep up while running by.

Passengers were also asked to “keep an eye on” the engine outside their window, as the pilot did not have a good view from the cabin.

Where is Ted Striker when you need him.....

Just curious what would Sig Forum pilots have to say to their passengers?

I agree with the above post, in that his response did not seem very reassuring. Of course we do not have the whole picture.

"water landing" aka, fucking crashing into the water....anything not put down on the runway is a crash. Some are just more survivable than others.

So much for budget airlines, something has to give.

I can hear cousin Eddy bellow out,"shitter's full!"

Wife- "The budget airline is running $ 19 flights at the local regional airport. We should go on a mini weekend vacation."

me- "Bitch, are you smoking fucking dope? "

^^your mother must be so proud.

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Originally posted by bubbatime:
Wife- "The budget airline is running $ 19 flights at the local regional airport. We should go on a mini weekend vacation."

me- "Bitch, are you smoking fucking dope? "

Oh man. Really?

If you dig deeper into the technical side, my best guess is that this is another failure of sorts in one of the Trent engines. They've (Trent) been having a bunch of problems lately and iirc, the engine in this plane the same model that's been having other problems.

Not the airine but the engine manufacturer. I think you'll find that in an effort to make the engine high tech and fuel efficient, the compressor core isn't as robust as needed. Could also be a fan issue as well.

If you believe in prayer, hop to it skippy. If you don't...now might be a good time to start.

I imagine pilots have "book" procedures they follow for different events. They must have gotten to the last page where it says: "If you have reached this point and problem is not resolved, ask passengers to pray."

Reminds me of the old joke about the El Al flight that was in trouble.

The punchline was the captain saying, "Repeat after me: 'Yisgadal v'yiskadash ...'"

Remind me not to fly AirAsia.

So, question for the Airbus jet jockey's. The video I've seen shows the engine turning with horrible imbalance thus the airframe vibration. I presume it's shutdown and just wind milling. But, isn't there any way on that aircraft to stop that engine from wind milling?

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Originally posted by Sailor1911:
So, question for the Airbus jet jockey's. The video I've seen shows the engine turning with horrible imbalance thus the airframe vibration. I presume it's shutdown and just wind milling. But, isn't there any way on that aircraft to stop that engine from wind milling?

For the most part, No. You cannot stop cock a turbofan engine.

You can a turbo-prop, as the sprag or hydraulic coupling, will allow the engine to turn, if it is still running, and the prop feathered, but a turbo fan, the fan disc will continue to turn unless the shaft is seized completely, regardless of the turbine section rotation.

And engines have different designs among the type, but most all have multiple shafts and sections that can turn independent each other.

Yeah, that engine was just a tad out of balance...

I have been been on an AC-130 with an engine failure, but it was contained in less than a minute and RTB uneventful. I cannot imagine 5 hours of that!

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
Reminds me of the old joke about the El Al flight that was in trouble.

The punchline was the captain saying, "Repeat after me: 'Yisgadal v'yiskadash ...'"

The way I heard it was a Syrian pilot talking to an Israeli tower guy.

"Mayday, Mayday!!! This is Syrian flight with engine fire and want to land in any Middle East airport, not Israeli..." (and back and forth radio calls)

Then Israeli control tower guy: "Repeat after me: "Yitgadal v'yitkadash. ..."

But the punch line is funny, no matter the set up.

As soon as I saw this story, it reminded me of this:

usually you have to check into a cheap motel
and put .25 cents in the box by the bed for 15 minutes to get a ride like that