Flight records show the Airbus A380 aircraft, travelling under flight number AF66, was diverted to Canada's Goose Bay airport on its journey from Paris to Los Angeles.
Air France confirmed there was "serious damage" to one of the plane's four engines before before it landed safely.
These planes can easily fly on the three remaining engines, but who knows what damage an explosion like that might have done to the wing. What if the engine starts tearing off in flight? It looks from the above picture to have damaged its mounting to the wing. Better safe than sorry, and get on the ground asap.
I wonder if Air France will refund the passengers, or charge extra for the exciting, E ticket ride that they got.
Composite compressor fan blades
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Gotta be fan since you can see the stators left in the bypass duct.
DeleteWhen did they stop making them out of titanium?
Yeah, that'll buff right out....
ReplyDeleteNot to be too picky about the headline, but Goose Bay was once a SAC and then NATO overseas training base; it is anything but "small" although the flight line services now would be a shadow of its glory days. The complaints of the passengers likely have to do with the absence of Perrier in the lounge, and the uniqueness of fois gras made from snow goose livers...
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DeleteThat looks an awful lot like two different engines/pylons. Was the casualty progressive or catastrophic? How redundant are the systems on the A380? What we don't know says volumes. One hell of a flight crew!!!---Ray
ReplyDeleteThey are lucky that pieces haven't hit cabin or another engine. Even with 4 engines, the blowup of one engine can lead to catastrophic consequences, with probability of .1-1%
ReplyDeleteBtw, 3.5km landing strip in Goose Bay is more than enough for 380
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