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yyzlhr Dec 16, 2017 12:04 am
EK261 Returning to DXB Engine Fire?
 
EK 261 today had some kind of engine problem on take off. Friend who lives over flight path says he heard noise and saw and engine fire.

Flightaware shows what looks like fuel dump for a while over the gulf.

Saltire74 Dec 16, 2017 2:18 am
From FlightAware https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAE261

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DYKWIA Dec 16, 2017 3:48 am
Looks like it circled for for over an hour before returning to DXB. Maybe dumping fuel?

skywardhunter Dec 16, 2017 4:20 am
Originally Posted by DYKWIA (Post 29180607)
Looks like it circled for for over an hour before returning to DXB. Maybe dumping fuel?
Almost certainly, A380 on a ULH route - A380s are known to have flimsy breaks that overheat easily, so I'd imagine (pure speculation) that the tolerances for overweight landings are lower than on the 77Ws. Also reduce reverse thrust if they're running on 3 engines...

Saltire74 Dec 16, 2017 4:50 am
Originally Posted by skywardhunter (Post 29180651)
Almost certainly, A380 on a ULH route - A380s are known to have flimsy breaks that overheat easily, so I'd imagine (pure speculation) that the tolerances for overweight landings are lower than on the 77Ws. Also reduce reverse thrust if they're running on 3 engines...
Wonder what engine went pop? Don’t the A380’s only use the two inboard engines for reverse thrust? Just thinking of watching them land and some videos online and only ever noticed the RT thingy’s deploying on the inner engines 😬.

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skywardhunter Dec 16, 2017 5:34 am
Originally Posted by Saltire74 (Post 29180719)


Wonder what engine went pop? Don’t the A380’s only use the two inboard engines for reverse thrust? Just thinking of watching them land and some videos online and only ever noticed the RT thingy’s deploying on the inner engines 😬.

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It depends, I think they do use all 4 when needed, if one of the inboard engines popped they'd almost certainly use the outboard on that side, the brakes in the wheels are like moped brakes in the A380

Eduardo Paz Dec 16, 2017 6:41 am
Originally Posted by skywardhunter (Post 29180787)
It depends, I think they do use all 4 when needed, if one of the inboard engines popped they'd almost certainly use the outboard on that side, the brakes in the wheels are like moped brakes in the A380
Sometimes I wish we had 4 reversers, but we only have 2 ;)

ft101 Dec 16, 2017 11:30 am
Originally Posted by skywardhunter (Post 29180787)
It depends, I think they do use all 4 when needed, if one of the inboard engines popped they'd almost certainly use the outboard on that side, the brakes in the wheels are like moped brakes in the A380
Reverse thrust only on the two inboard engines on all A380s. Outboard ones were deemed to increase risk of FOD, and added weight. Brakes alone can stop it if required.

Metanoia Dec 16, 2017 3:43 pm
Looks like it was A6-EUJ, so it was GP7270 engines. Since it was GRU I was thinking it might have been a RR bird, wouldn't have been a good sign for the new subfleet.


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