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Originally Posted by Cathay Boy
Originally Posted by
ssw207
The incident was reported on today's Apple Daily.
The newspaper reported that Flight CX271 Departing HKG 27JUN, smoke and sparks was coming out from the B744's engine #3 50 min before landing at AMS. The newspaper claimed that a pax pointed out the problem to the FA, and the flight deck was not aware of the problem until informed by the FA.As the damage was significant, a new engine and six engineers were flown in from HKG to repair the plane at AMS.
CX spokeperson claims the flight deck was aware of the situation and the smokes and sparks were caused by engine shutdown procedure.
All modern jets have sophisticated engine detection system that detects any abnormalities to the engine. It will be virtually impossible for the flight deck to not realize there's something wrong with engine 3. I believe CX here. Perhaps the pax did inform the FA which did inform the flight deck, but the flight deck is probably already well aware of the issue.
I believe CX more.
http://www.biggles-software.com/software/757_tech/engines_and_apu/_popup_for_43_inflight_shutdown.htm
Current FAR's require that AVM systems be installed in all large transport airplanes and, except for short periods allowed by the Master Minimum Equipment List (MMEL), they must be operative.
Apple's starting mass hysteria. It's Daya Bay from a couple of weeks back all over again.
Can't they just report on the soccer?