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jb747 said:
Telling ATC you have an engine fault is pretty pointless. They won't know what to do with the comment. The word we're poking fun at gets the message across in a very clear manner indeed.
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Yep, sure does. I also work in a place that has the potential to kill people if things go pear shaped. Sometimes nasty words convey the difference between "Would you mind if I do X" and "This is what's GOING to happen"
 
jb747 said:
When you start to look, there's quite a history of this sort of failure....
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JB747, thanks for the additional info. Any idea as to what caused the EK engine problem?

Do you think that MU736 suffered the same problem?
 
Flying Fox said:
JB747, thanks for the additional info. Any idea as to what caused the EK engine problem?

Do you think that MU736 suffered the same problem?
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I don't know enough about either event. There was a comment elsewhere that the EK one was related to acoustics/vibration, but I can't find a final report. They certainly look the same. The area also contains ducting for the anti icing system, so there's quite a bit of pressurised hot air in the area. I can imagine some form of valving issue that could deliver higher pressure air than is wanted (high stage, when it should be low), but those failures that I know of involving this have been in the ducting, not the nacelle.

There appears to be a predominance of Trent engined 330s in the events, so it could certainly be something to do with the nacelle design/build, but it's not unknown on other types.
 
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While a replacement engine will be shipped in, what happens to the damaged engine? Is it typically taken back to the manufacturer and repaired, to have another life on another aircraft?
 
ATC audio with map/position overlay up on youtube. [video=youtube;687JBoMCWpI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=687JBoMCWpI[/video]

Has some quotes from some Airworthiness Directives that could relate to what happened at the end.

It seemed that the crew knew what they wanted to tell ATC, but couldn't quite work out the right English words to use.
 
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