AerospaceFan From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 1043 times:
According to recent news reports, a British Airways 747 originating from JFK experienced what was variously described as "overheating", "sparks", or even "flames" from one of its engines and was forced to return to the airport.
The captain was able to extinguish the fire before landing, according to one news story.
(Note: Though this event occurred hours ago, I didn't find any other thread in this forum about this after running a search under "British Airways". If, however, it's already been discussed and I missed it, please delete this topic.)
Zvezda From Lithuania, joined Aug 2004, 9660 posts, RR: 60 Reply 1, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 1027 times:
Since BA normally operate their B747s on three engines across the Atlantic, why didn't they just shut down the one on fire and start the one previously not in use?
AerospaceFan From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 1016 times:
I would imagine it would be quieter with just three engines, too. Â
Seriously, though -- BA has had a spate (if you can call two incidents in about a week a "spate") of bad luck with its 747's. About seven days ago, there was another incident with one of its 747's that forced the aircraft back to the airport, IIRC.
BmiBaby737 From United Kingdom (England), joined Jun 2005, 967 posts, RR: 10 Reply 3, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 794 times:
AerospaceFan From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 678 times:
Thank you for the link! I couldn't find it before. It's an interesting discussion over there, with outside links, too. It's nice to know that people are on the case like that. Unless anyone prefers to post in this thread, I will be checking that earlier one regarding this story.
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