Belgian Air Force A310 engine fire at EDI

FLY4HOURS.BE · Post by **FLY4HOURS.BE** » 09 Sep 2007, 22:45

Caught fire on approach at EDI

Pictures here:

http://www.taxiwayalpha.com/forums/inde ... entry26865

regi · Post by **regi** » 10 Sep 2007, 10:41

What did the airplane do in EDI ? Flying over the brass band?

jan_olieslagers · Post by **jan_olieslagers** » 10 Sep 2007, 10:55

Fetch whisky to sustain the government formation negotiators?

rut-her · Post by **rut-her** » 10 Sep 2007, 18:10

On the radio news they said it was a foreign mission. 130pax + crew, nobody injured.

Greetz,
Rutger

Established02 · Post by **Established02** » 10 Sep 2007, 18:22

Sorry guys, according to "De Standaard" the aircraft involved is a C130. They also added a correct illustration of the C130. 8)

http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail. ... 092007_088

Belgische C130 landt met brandende motor in Schotland

However in the article itself they do start talking about an airbus A310.

Cash · Post by **Cash** » 10 Sep 2007, 18:33

Established02 wrote:Sorry guys, according to "De Standaard" the aircraft involved is a C130. They also added a correct illustration of the C130. 8)

http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail. ... 092007_088

Belgische C130 landt met brandende motor in Schotland

However in the article itself they do start talking about an airbus A310.

Well if you look at the pictures in the first post you can clearly see its an A310 thats on fire.

FLY4HOURS.BE · Post by **FLY4HOURS.BE** » 10 Sep 2007, 18:41

They are so dumb that they don t see the difference....

The C-130 production chain has been bought over by Airbus and was moved to Toulouse... in top secret conditions.
Airbus hopes to avoid the Power 8 by sellling 3000 Airbus C-130.

SAS is a potential buyer for 50 of those to replace the scandalous Dash Q-8's.

Have a nice day

Established02 · Post by **Established02** » 10 Sep 2007, 18:43

Cash wrote:Well if you look at the pictures in the first post you can clearly see its an A310 thats on fire.

We both know it is indeed an A310, Cash. 8)

Now we only have to fully convince De Standaard as well about this little detail!

Cash · Post by **Cash** » 10 Sep 2007, 18:53

Established02 wrote:
Cash wrote:Well if you look at the pictures in the first post you can clearly see its an A310 thats on fire.
We both know it is indeed an A310, Cash. 8)

Now we only have to fully convince De Standaard as well about this little detail!

Ah ok

sry I misunderstood your post.

jessy · Post by **jessy** » 10 Sep 2007, 19:07

and if you now take a look again at the article you can see it has changec

FLY4HOURS.BE · Post by **FLY4HOURS.BE** » 10 Sep 2007, 22:25

For those who want to know, the A310 is an ex-SQ (Singapore) aircraft

rut-her · Post by **rut-her** » 10 Sep 2007, 23:16

FLY4HOURS.BE wrote:For those who want to know, the A310 is an ex-SQ (Singapore) aircraft

CA-01, ex Singapore and Silkair 9V-STN. In every metal in the cabin, ie armrests, doorlocks etc is the Singapore logo engraved.

Besides: How the f*ck can you put 130 pax in a C-130

Packed in containers??

Greetz,
Rutger

Zenfookpower · Post by **Zenfookpower** » 11 Sep 2007, 03:53

jan_olieslagers wrote:Fetch whisky to sustain the government formation negotiators?

I wasn't even aware that Belgium had an Air force fleet..?

Anyway, most important thing is that the whiskey is not spilled.. The Belgian Royal Scout may need some..

FLY4HOURS.BE · Post by **FLY4HOURS.BE** » 11 Sep 2007, 04:04

Anyway, most important thing is that the whiskey is not spilled.. The Belgian Royal Scout may need some..

The question is how they're gonna bring it back home 8)

Zenfookpower · Post by **Zenfookpower** » 11 Sep 2007, 04:27

FLY4HOURS.BE wrote:
Anyway, most important thing is that the whiskey is not spilled.. The Belgian Royal Scout may need some..
The question is how they're gonna bring it back home 8)

Very carefully...

Captain Remi · Post by **Captain Remi** » 11 Sep 2007, 08:18

Hi Guys,

Indeed, the Belgian A310's are ex Singapore Airlines planes.
They are quite different than other A310's in some rather important details (I don't know them exact, but their mechanic told me).
Because of these differences to almost every other A310 produced, it is hard to find spares to replace some parts.
The military is complaining since some time about this problem.
Also, when they were acquired by the Belgian Government, they were already quite worn out by their previous users...

Due to the above and the fact that they have already logged an enormous amount of flight time, very reliable sources of the Belgian Air Force have told me they are seeking for replacements.
One option, and this one is the one currently in favour over all other proposals, would be to acquire some !!! A340's !!!

Furthermore, it is also almost decided that Embraer Legacy's will replace the 2 remaining Falcon 20's and 900.
A helpfull fact is that the military is very pleased with the Embraer 135 - 145 fleet they already have. Very reliable in use with only a few repairs from time to time.
Even though the Falcon 900 is younger, the Falcon 20's have been retro fitted with new avionics, electronics and engines. They will be the last to leave the fleet once the new Embraer's would arrive.

FLY4HOURS.BE · Post by **FLY4HOURS.BE** » 11 Sep 2007, 10:12

WOW, great news!!

I doubt about the A340's though, that's too big a plane to replace an A310... and Zaventem ain't gonna like it...(certainly if they need to take-off from Melsbroek at night)
It would be great if realised!!

I think an A332 would do the job...if at least there were any available on the market.
Maintenance wouldn t be an issue as BRUAIR has 4 of those.

Captain Remi · Post by **Captain Remi** » 11 Sep 2007, 13:12

Ha! There's an article now on vrtnieuws.net about a bird that seems to have a very long range.

As you guys just said about the A310 becoming a C130, vrtnieuws.net talks about a "Boeing 330".

http://www.vrtnieuws.net/cm/vrtnieuws.n ... _Trekvogel

It's a bit off topic here, but it shows that the Belgian media are not really familiar with aircraft types...
So, it's just to point out a same kind of error

jan_olieslagers · Post by **jan_olieslagers** » 11 Sep 2007, 13:46

FLY4HOURS.BE wrote:WOW, great news!!

I doubt about the A340's though, that's too big a plane to replace an A310... and Zaventem ain't gonna like it...(certainly if they need to take-off from Melsbroek at night)
It would be great if realised!!

I think an A332 would do the job...if at least there were any available on the market.
Maintenance wouldn t be an issue as BRUAIR has 4 of those.

What's wrong with a plane being big? Mind you the military have other criteria than an airline! A340's must be much easier to locate in today's market than A330's.

744rules · Post by **744rules** » 11 Sep 2007, 15:33

A bit

fftopic: , but if the media cannot report correctly about a/c types, how accurate is their view/knowledge about the noise problem ??