Posted on 05/27/2015 12:46:34 PM PDT by jalisco555
Over the weekend, Singapore Airlines Flight 836, flying from Singapore to Shanghai, lost power mid-flight on both of its Rolls-Royce engines.
According to Flightradar 24, the Airbus A330-343 experienced the problem while cruising at 39,000 feet.
The incident, which took place just south of Hong Kong, caused the airliner to descend 13,000 feet before the crew was able to restart the engines.
The Airbus jet — registration number 9V-SSF — landed safely in Shanghai an hour and a half later.
There were 182 passengers and 12 crew members on board the airliner. No injuries were reported.
According to The Aviation Herald, Singapore Airlines confirmed that the A330 "experienced a temporary loss of power" after encountering some bad weather.
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Pity the cleaning crew.
Sphincters pinching seat covers I’ll bet.
If it ain’t Boeing, I’m not going!
Holy cats, I don’t trust Airbus!
EXACTLY.
Interesting...
Singapore Airlines has some of the best maintenance in the industry.
Airbus software problems again?
Most of us have flown in Airbus equipment, multiple times.
I’m beginning to question the robustness of Airbus. Seems fragile. Too much rudder movement, crash. Pitot tube blocked, crash. All engines out: would be a crash at lower altitudes.
” Obviously, when a jet loses both engines, the situation is much more serious.”
You don’t say ...
Strangely (to me at least) the plane continued on to Shanghai rather than heading to the nearest airport. I saw on another site that it was back in the air four hours later!
I’m still more concerned if a muzzie or homo is at the controls.
Some network had an international pilot on this morning...he said passengers would be aware - due to the lack of engine noise.
Air France 447 finished it for me.
Most frightening.
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Directional EMP test ?
“global climate chaos”!
NO ONE wants to play neutron bomb .. it could backfire on the deliverer ... but a temporary blackout .. fixable with the reverse of the same switch ?
Worth gazillions ... if perfected.
It was just Dick Cheney playing around with his death ray.
I just read your #15
Maybe the flight crew just need to put a few more quarters in the slot... you know, like the DIY car washes?
Seriously, perhaps the co-pilot screwed up fuel transfer management.
Any Freeper A330 drivers out there who would know procedures?
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