Originally Posted by
Aspen
Not wanting to start a new thread......
The Qantas Flight 44 (May 13) from Bali to SYD looks like it back tracked some distance (>1 hour) to divert to Broome
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/f.../qf44#207f29ed
The QF26 HND-SYD that diverted to CNS on Saturday May 11 had this comment in the press:
“In line with standard procedures, the pilots shut down the engine and the flight diverted to Cairns. While customers may have heard a loud bang, there was never a safety risk with the flight. These aircraft are designed to safely operate on three of the four engines.”
begs the question if they are designed to safely operate on three of the four engines why the flight did not continue to SYD as scheduled. IMHO the only risk would be bad publicity !
The Qantas source lately has stated a 744 has been frequently operating JQ3/4 SYD-HNL for Jetstar recently - is JQ short a 787-8 ?
It may be safe to fly a 747 a long distance on 3 working engines (BA did so), but I’d suggest the crew elected to land ASAP if they were not certain that the engine that crapped itself didn’t manage to fully contain the debris. It also may not have had enough fuel to get home even if all was otherwise OK.