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A Singapore Airlines Airbus jet lost power on all of its engines mid-flight (dropped 13,000 feet)
Yahoo ^ | 5/27/15 | Benjamin Zhang

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airbus; airlines; aviation; singapore
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I wonder if the passengers understood what was happening.
1 posted on 05/27/2015 12:46:34 PM PDT by jalisco555
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To: jalisco555

Pity the cleaning crew.


2 posted on 05/27/2015 12:47:41 PM PDT by AU72
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To: jalisco555

Sphincters pinching seat covers I’ll bet.


3 posted on 05/27/2015 12:48:24 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: jalisco555

If it ain’t Boeing, I’m not going!


4 posted on 05/27/2015 12:49:40 PM PDT by Junk Silver
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To: jalisco555

Holy cats, I don’t trust Airbus!


5 posted on 05/27/2015 12:50:13 PM PDT by dinodino
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To: Junk Silver

EXACTLY.


6 posted on 05/27/2015 12:50:50 PM PDT by dinodino
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To: jalisco555

Interesting...

Singapore Airlines has some of the best maintenance in the industry.

Airbus software problems again?


7 posted on 05/27/2015 12:51:06 PM PDT by BwanaNdege
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To: jalisco555

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.


8 posted on 05/27/2015 12:53:02 PM PDT by cicero2k
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To: jalisco555

” Obviously, when a jet loses both engines, the situation is much more serious.”

You don’t say ...


9 posted on 05/27/2015 12:53:41 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: BwanaNdege

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!


10 posted on 05/27/2015 12:55:14 PM PDT by jalisco555 ("My 80% friend is not my 20% enemy" - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Junk Silver

I’m still more concerned if a muzzie or homo is at the controls.


11 posted on 05/27/2015 12:56:02 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
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To: Gaffer
Yep, all those floating seat cushions would've been absolutely no use at all where they ended up.
12 posted on 05/27/2015 12:57:23 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: jalisco555

Some network had an international pilot on this morning...he said passengers would be aware - due to the lack of engine noise.


13 posted on 05/27/2015 12:58:21 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
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To: dinodino

Air France 447 finished it for me.

Most frightening.

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14 posted on 05/27/2015 12:59:16 PM PDT by Mears
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To: jalisco555

Directional EMP test ?


15 posted on 05/27/2015 1:00:07 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: BwanaNdege

“global climate chaos”!


16 posted on 05/27/2015 1:02:49 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: BwanaNdege
or someone playing around with neutron type software

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.

17 posted on 05/27/2015 1:05:39 PM PDT by knarf
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To: George from New England

It was just Dick Cheney playing around with his death ray.


18 posted on 05/27/2015 1:06:27 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: George from New England

I just read your #15


19 posted on 05/27/2015 1:06:55 PM PDT by knarf
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To: jalisco555

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?


20 posted on 05/27/2015 1:08:58 PM PDT by BwanaNdege
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