433 passengers, 26 crew experience an "engine issue"

[Alice in Blunderland]

One of the worlds biggest passenger jets which can carry up to 800 passengers looks as though it had difficulty in keeping one of its engines in place for a flight.

Some very relieved passengers in Singapore this morning I would think. :)

[Gronnuck]

Link to the story here (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/singapore/8109290/Qantas-plane-forced-to-make-emergency-landing-in-Singapore.html)
Quote, "part of one engine on the left of the plane was missing". Ooops :confused

[Alice in Blunderland]

mmmm so they can tighten up airport security to make sure no-one takes a bomb on board :) then oops we loose a bit of the engine. :~(


Having said this at least the headlines are the plane landed with all passengers and crew unharmed this could have been such a different story.

[Phill]

When engines decide to disintegrate they are designed to spew their guts out the back, however some pieces will tear off in other directions.

Modern Aircraft can actually take quite a bit of battering from bits and pieces hitting them.

Sphincter twitching none the less.

This is what happens when you lob a chicken into a similar engine to the one on the A380:

Chicken v Jet Engine. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-8_Gnbp2JA)

edit:
This video shows a twin engine jet taking off immediately after a birdstrike, the whole video is 9 mins but the first few seconds shows the birds cremation.
The aircraft still climbs away and then lands safely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KhZwsYtNDE

[orkneycadian]

Damn dangerous things these birds!

[George Brims]

And there's this one - tests include 3/4 of a ton of fake hail being dumped into a running engine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jfXX7qppbc&NR=1

BTW has anyone noticed that every single technically-oriented video on YouTube has some dweeb commenting "Fake!" Maybe it's the same bloke on all of them...

[ducati]

Here's a thought, was it flying anywhere near the VOLCANO? :eek: