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787 suffers "engine issue" on Charleston runway
Seattle Times ^
| July 29, 2012
| Staff
Posted on 07/29/2012 7:07:57 PM PDT by WeatherGuy
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an engine malfunction in a 787 that may have caused a grass fire at Charleston International Airport, shutting down the runway for more than an hour Saturday afternoon.
A Boeing statement emailed late Saturday confirmed that "a 787 experienced an engine issue today while undergoing preflight runway testing in North Charleston. As the NTSB investigates, Boeing and GE are working closely with the agency and are committed to resolving the issue appropriately."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: 787; aerospace; boeing; ge
To: WeatherGuy
To: WeatherGuy
I am sure that the unions are going to get the vapors, but this is why they conduct preflight runway tests in the first place.
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posted on
07/29/2012 7:17:50 PM PDT
by
JohnBrowdie
(http://forum.stink-eye.net)
To: WeatherGuy
Can the newer, digitally controlled turbines even have a compressor stall anymore? My first bet is FOD.
/johnny
To: WeatherGuy
Emergency crews discovered metal debris on the approach to the airport's only operational runway and ordered it shut down, the newspaper reported. Boeing SC spokeswoman Candy Eslinger told the Post and Courier that the unpainted 787 involved in the incident was the latest one built at Boeing's North Charleston complex.
Sabotage? Or bad workmanship?
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posted on
07/29/2012 7:25:21 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: WeatherGuy
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posted on
07/29/2012 7:25:58 PM PDT
by
MrBambaLaMamba
(This Message Contains Privileged Attorney-Client Communications)
To: WeatherGuy
Mom always said not to play with matches (of any size).
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posted on
07/29/2012 7:30:48 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: rawhide
Seems awfully conveeeeeenient. GE engines to boot.
To: WeatherGuy
FOD prevention was one of the CFD opportunities.
I wonder if they ever siezed that opportunity?
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posted on
07/29/2012 7:47:49 PM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: WeatherGuy
ISSUE? I am so tired of that word. Can’t dare say problem.
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posted on
07/29/2012 8:39:27 PM PDT
by
KMG365
To: WeatherGuy; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows
“You’ve got issues!”, said the co-pilot to pilot.
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posted on
07/29/2012 8:42:30 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong!)
To: KMG365
indeed. “houston, we’ve got an issue” just doesn’t carry the same weight.
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posted on
07/29/2012 8:51:30 PM PDT
by
JohnBrowdie
(http://forum.stink-eye.net)
To: Just another Joe
CFD? Help a brain-dead FReeper here!
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posted on
07/29/2012 8:56:49 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1286 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
To: MrBambaLaMamba
Obama’s fault.
can’t be. he didn’t built that.
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posted on
07/29/2012 9:52:40 PM PDT
by
cableguymn
(For the first time in my life. I fear my country's government.)
To: MrBambaLaMamba
Obama’s fault.
can’t be. he didn’t build that.
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posted on
07/29/2012 9:53:00 PM PDT
by
cableguymn
(For the first time in my life. I fear my country's government.)
To: null and void
Computational Fluid Dynamics
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posted on
07/30/2012 1:56:38 AM PDT
by
jamaksin
To: null and void
Computational
Fluid
Dynamics
Notice in the center left quadrant just below the middle. "Design for FOD Prevention" is marked in red as a CFD penetration opportunity.
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posted on
07/30/2012 5:16:57 AM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: Just another Joe; jamaksin
Computational Fluid Dynamics.
I’m such a nerd, that was all I could think of for CFD, yet I didn’t make the connection to foreign objects being in the flow and the possibility of designing a flow path that would divert them from the engine.
Thank you both for the definition and the explanation.
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posted on
07/30/2012 8:40:05 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1287 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
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