Posted on 03/28/2024 10:24:11 PM PDT by libh8er
Qantas passengers flying from Melbourne to Perth have suffered a scare as pilots were forced to manually shut down one of the plane's engines.
Flight QF781 was on its way into Perth when the Airbus A330-200 started experiencing issues on its descent on Monday night.
The pilot issued a PAN call, meaning possible assistance needed, and shut down one of the plane's engines.
One passenger said they heard a loud noise that was like a tyre bursting.
The plane landed safely without incident at 9:37pm and a Qantas spokesperson said all protocols were followed.
The pilots followed the procedures for this type of incident and manually shut down the engine and requested a priority landing," the spokesperson said.
"These aircraft are designed to safely operate with one engine."
The plane taxied to its gate after landing and passengers disembarked normally.
Bang 'unsettling': passenger
One of the passengers on board the flight, Darrell Weekes, said there was a "very, very loud bang" and shudder from the left-hand side of the aircraft.
"All of a sudden, cabin crew were scurrying around and opening up curtains and making preparations for landing without the captain coming on the airwaves," he told ABC Radio Sydney.
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So it wasn’t Boeing? Nothing to see here.
So much for flying Airbus!
ehhh, so what’s left? Some old Soviet planes, or new Chinese ones?
Ok let me what I can find on Boeing..
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Isn’t quanta’s td one that never crashes
Jet aircraft turbine engines are complex marvels of engineering and are subject to extraordinary stresses. In spite of exacting inspection and maintenance standards, jet turbine engines may fail in flight for any number of reasons. As harrowing as the experience was for the passengers, modern twin jet civilian airliners are designed to survive the failure of a single engine.
Are ‘they’ trying to shut down air travel??????
It was probably a Rolls Royce engine.
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