Renato1
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This video is very interesting
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My wife and I were sitting just back from the engine. My wife in the window seat heard two little bangs, then the really big bang that we all heard, then she saw fire and smoke from the engine. The pilot braked hard. My wife smelled something sooty.
Some passengers stood up in fear, but I was reassured when they told us to remain seated, rather than to get the hell out of there.
Result was a four hour delay. I kept checking my phone for lounge passes from MasterCard Flight Delay. But they didn't come, and I flicked off the phone when we boarded again. I flicked on the phone in Italy at 4am, and the lounge passes had arrived - valid for two more days.
Odd thing was, we had been put on a bus to the plane for a 10 or 12 minute drive, and when we got there, we stood in the bus for some time, till a lady came and told us they had a problem with cleaning the plane, and sent the bus back to the terminal, where we waited a few minutes in the bus, and we're then driven back to the plane again. And then had sat there for over half an hour before taking off.
What a coincidence. Cleaning problem and engine problem on same plane.
Cheers,
Renato
P.S. - On the subsequent flight, we were served a light meal, which consisted of a cous cous wrap and some cheese and crackers. I was so hungry by that time, that I actually ate half the wrap. My wife managed a third of hers.
Who dreams up these ridiculous "meals"?
INCIDENT TAP A320 suffered an engine failure on takeoff from Lisbon (video)
A Tap Air Portugal Air bus A320 suffered engine failure at the beginning of takeoff from runway 03 at Lisbon. The aircraft (reg. CS-TMW) was taking off to Venice but aborted takeoff after the left-hand engine vented a jet of flames. This A320-200 (reg. CS-TMW), is 18 years old powered by...
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My wife and I were sitting just back from the engine. My wife in the window seat heard two little bangs, then the really big bang that we all heard, then she saw fire and smoke from the engine. The pilot braked hard. My wife smelled something sooty.
Some passengers stood up in fear, but I was reassured when they told us to remain seated, rather than to get the hell out of there.
Result was a four hour delay. I kept checking my phone for lounge passes from MasterCard Flight Delay. But they didn't come, and I flicked off the phone when we boarded again. I flicked on the phone in Italy at 4am, and the lounge passes had arrived - valid for two more days.
Odd thing was, we had been put on a bus to the plane for a 10 or 12 minute drive, and when we got there, we stood in the bus for some time, till a lady came and told us they had a problem with cleaning the plane, and sent the bus back to the terminal, where we waited a few minutes in the bus, and we're then driven back to the plane again. And then had sat there for over half an hour before taking off.
What a coincidence. Cleaning problem and engine problem on same plane.
Cheers,
Renato
P.S. - On the subsequent flight, we were served a light meal, which consisted of a cous cous wrap and some cheese and crackers. I was so hungry by that time, that I actually ate half the wrap. My wife managed a third of hers.
Who dreams up these ridiculous "meals"?
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