Mayday declared...
Air France #AF66 Paris to Los Angeles (A380 F-HPJE) is diverting to Goose Bay with mechanical issues.
Air France A380 CDG-LAX diverts to Goose Bay after engine badly damaged in-flight
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Air France A380 CDG-LAX diverts to Goose Bay after engine badly damaged in-flight
André
ex Sabena #26567
ex Sabena #26567
Re: Diversions from around the globe (medical, technical, ...) 2017
Stranded Air France A380 passengers in Goose Bay are rescued by a Nolinor 737-300 and an Air France 777-300ER, both dispatched from Montreal.
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/air-f ... goose-bay/
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/air-f ... goose-bay/
André
ex Sabena #26567
ex Sabena #26567
Re: Diversions from around the globe (medical, technical, ...) 2017
I couldn't believe that passengers had to stay in the aircraft for 23 hours, but confirmed via passengers on social media!sn26567 wrote: ↑01 Oct 2017, 12:19 Stranded Air France A380 passengers in Goose Bay are rescued by a Nolinor 737-300 and an Air France 777-300ER, both dispatched from Montreal.
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/air-f ... goose-bay/
Re: Diversions from around the globe (medical, technical, ...) 2017
The engine for the return ferry will be carried to Goose Bay on an An-124 on 24 Nov. The damaged engine will be transported to Cardiff on 25 Nov.Passenger wrote: ↑30 Sep 2017, 20:08Mayday indeed:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4af15205&opt=0
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/air-f ... goose-bay/
Almost two months after the accident, the aircraft is still in Goose Bay. Costly accident!
André
ex Sabena #26567
ex Sabena #26567
Air France A380 diverts to Goose Bay after engine damaged in-flight
The Antonov An-124 is on her way to Goose Bay with a replacement "Engine Alliance" for Air France A380 F-HPJE:sn26567 wrote: ↑16 Nov 2017, 15:09The engine for the return ferry will be carried to Goose Bay on an An-124 on 24 Nov. The damaged engine will be transported to Cardiff on 25 Nov.Passenger wrote: ↑30 Sep 2017, 20:08Mayday indeed:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4af15205&opt=0
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/air-f ... goose-bay/
Almost two months after the accident, the aircraft is still in Goose Bay. Costly accident!
André
ex Sabena #26567
ex Sabena #26567
Re: Diversions from around the globe (medical, technical, ...) 2017
Air France plans to install a new GP7200 engine into its A380 which suffered an engine failure and fly it to Paris CDG by 06 December, then return the aircraft to normal operations from January 2018.sn26567 wrote: ↑24 Nov 2017, 21:40The Antonov An-124 is on her way to Goose Bay with a replacement "Engine Alliance" for Air France A380 F-HPJE:sn26567 wrote: ↑16 Nov 2017, 15:09The engine for the return ferry will be carried to Goose Bay on an An-124 on 24 Nov. The damaged engine will be transported to Cardiff on 25 Nov.Passenger wrote: ↑30 Sep 2017, 20:08
Mayday indeed:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4af15205&opt=0
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/air-f ... goose-bay/
Almost two months after the accident, the aircraft is still in Goose Bay. Costly accident!
André
ex Sabena #26567
ex Sabena #26567
Re: Diversions from around the globe (medical, technical, ...) 2017
Apparently, it will still be a 3-engine ferry, though. The "new" engine will be nothing more than dead weight in order not to unbalance the aircraft.
It might even be ferried on an Airbus registration.
It might even be ferried on an Airbus registration.
Thomas
Re: Air France A380 CDG-LAX diverts to Goose Bay after engine badly damaged in-flight
F-HPJE is almost back home! She's about to cross the Channel right now:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/f-hpje
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... je#fc069bb
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/f-hpje
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... je#fc069bb
Re: Diversions from around the globe (medical, technical, ...) 2017
4 working engines ferry flight, they managed to repair the wing sufficiently enough to have the replacement engine operational.
Re: Air France A380 CDG-LAX diverts to Goose Bay after engine badly damaged in-flight
French investigators probing an engine explosion on an Air France A380 in 2017 are studying a possible manufacturing flaw with a key part in a move likely to trigger checks on dozens of A380s worldwide.
André
ex Sabena #26567
ex Sabena #26567
Re: Air France A380 CDG-LAX diverts to Goose Bay after engine badly damaged in-flight
BEA published its final report about the incident.
https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-r ... 17-en-cro/
SUMMARY
On Saturday, 30 September 2017, the Airbus A380-861 operated by Air France, was carrying out scheduled flight AF066 from Paris (France) to Los Angeles (USA). It took off at 09:50. At 13:49, while the crew were changing en-route flight level, they heard an explosion and observed asymmetric thrust from the right side of the aeroplane, immediately followed by severe vibrations. The “ENG 4 STALL” and then the “ENG 4 FAIL” messages nearly simultaneously appeared on the ECAM. The crew diverted to Goose Bay airport (Canada) where they landed at 15:42 without any further incident.
A visual examination of the engine found that the fan, first rotating assembly at the front of the engine, along with the air inlet and fan case had separated in flight leading to slight damage to the surrounding structure of the aircraft.
The factors likely to have contributed to the accident include:
https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-r ... 17-en-cro/
SUMMARY
On Saturday, 30 September 2017, the Airbus A380-861 operated by Air France, was carrying out scheduled flight AF066 from Paris (France) to Los Angeles (USA). It took off at 09:50. At 13:49, while the crew were changing en-route flight level, they heard an explosion and observed asymmetric thrust from the right side of the aeroplane, immediately followed by severe vibrations. The “ENG 4 STALL” and then the “ENG 4 FAIL” messages nearly simultaneously appeared on the ECAM. The crew diverted to Goose Bay airport (Canada) where they landed at 15:42 without any further incident.
A visual examination of the engine found that the fan, first rotating assembly at the front of the engine, along with the air inlet and fan case had separated in flight leading to slight damage to the surrounding structure of the aircraft.
The factors likely to have contributed to the accident include:
- engine designer’s/manufacturer’s lack of knowledge of the cold dwell fatigue phenomenon in the titanium alloy, Ti-6-4;
- absence of instructions from the certification bodies about taking into account macro-zones (i.e. colony of similarly oriented alpha grains) and the cold dwell fatigue phenomenon in the critical parts of an engine, when demonstrating conformity;
- absence of non-destructive means to detect the presence of unusual macro?zones in titanium alloy parts;
- an increase in the risk of having large macro-zones with increased intensity in large Ti-6-4 forgings due to bigger engines, and in particular, bigger fans.
André
ex Sabena #26567
ex Sabena #26567