ZitatIncident: Qantas B744 near San Francisco on Aug 31st 2010, uncontained engine failure
A Qantas Boeing 747-400, registration VH-OJP performing flight QF-74 (dep Aug 30th) from San Francisco,CA (USA) to Sydney,NS (Australia) with 212 passengers and 19 crew, was climbing through FL250 about 20 minutes into the flight, when the #4 engine (RB211, outer right hand) suffered an uncontained failure ripping a large hole into the outer engine cowling approximately abeam the turbine rotors. The crew shut the engine down, descended the aircraft to FL200, dumped fuel overhead the Pacific Ocean and returned to San Francisco for a safe landing about 80 minutes after departure.
Qantas said, the engine needs to be replaced.
Quelle: avherald.com
Wie in diesem Video zu sehen ist, schaut der Schaden doch recht übel aus. Da war wohl auch ein bisserl Glück dabei, dass die Teile, die aus dem Triebwerk geschleudert wurden, nach außen gingen und nicht in Richtung Rumpf.
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