Another B744 issue...
Apr 3, 2012 | 1:13 am
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Another B744 issue...
For those of you with FlightGlobal Pro - http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...roblem-370290/
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A Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 747-400 aircraft bound for Paris encountered an engine problem shortly after take off on 1 April.
The aircraft departed from Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) at 23:45 on 1 April, and returned to the airport, landing without incident at 01:15 on 2 April.
"The aircraft departed fine but shortly after [becoming] airborne, the pilot detected a fault in engine number three," an airline spokesman said when contacted.
The pilot made the decision to return the aircraft to HKIA as a safety precaution.
The aircraft, registration B-HOW, had its airframe manufactured in 1991, and uses RB211-524H engines from Rolls-Royce. It is now undergoing checks.
"The engineers are still looking into the possible causes and we're unable to say when the aircraft will resume operations," says the spokesman.
The 348 passengers and 21 crew on board did not suffer any injuries.
The aircraft departed from Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) at 23:45 on 1 April, and returned to the airport, landing without incident at 01:15 on 2 April.
"The aircraft departed fine but shortly after [becoming] airborne, the pilot detected a fault in engine number three," an airline spokesman said when contacted.
The pilot made the decision to return the aircraft to HKIA as a safety precaution.
The aircraft, registration B-HOW, had its airframe manufactured in 1991, and uses RB211-524H engines from Rolls-Royce. It is now undergoing checks.
"The engineers are still looking into the possible causes and we're unable to say when the aircraft will resume operations," says the spokesman.
The 348 passengers and 21 crew on board did not suffer any injuries.
Apr 3, 2012 | 4:59 am
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This plane has gone tech on me 3 times now. I am now stuck in AMS having missed yesterday AMS HKG flight and now have been re-booked with BA to fly to UK then HKG. At least I got upper deck window with BA which is always nice
Apr 3, 2012 | 5:11 am
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I flown cx271 for my honeymoon 3 weeks ago. During the transit at ams they told us that ams to cdg leg is cxl. Apparently there were some technical issues and I did see tge cockpit crews checking out the engine as soon as we parked by the terminal.
It was a rb211 too, I think the ref was hpj.
Awful start to my honeymoon
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It was a rb211 too, I think the ref was hpj.
Awful start to my honeymoon
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