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Air Canada's Boeing 777 trails flames on take-off
- eps 2y agoTo be fair, that's an engine problem and they aren't made by Boeing.
- 1over137 2y agoKnowing Boeing, they probably installed them wrong, broke them, left a tool inside, etc.
- throwup238 2y agoThese days engines are usually leased separately from their planes and the leasing company provides maintenance, repair, and overhaul with their own MRO provider or a third party of their choice. Boeing wouldn't be involved.
- hi-v-rocknroll 2y agoThe scarier trend is airlines shopping around for the cheapest MRO in South America.
- stephen_g 2y agoThat's not really a funny or helpful comment generally, but especially not since the plane in question (C-FIUV) is over 16 years old...
- tedunangst 2y agoKinda weird that it took 30 years for someone to notice the engine was backwards, no?
- OutOfHere 2y agoBoeing contracts them, so Boeing is ultimately responsible, of course.
- duskwuff 2y agoI don't think that's true. As I understand it, jet engines are manufactured, sold, and maintained separately from the airframe. They're interchangeable components, and often get swapped out when they need maintenance.
- passwordoops 2y agoDiscussion from a more relevant site than the platform formerly known as Twitter: https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1494073&sid=5d58d75fba2c20ac2765fc335fbf1d38 https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1494073&...
- tptacek 2y agohttps://avherald.com/h?search_term=compressor+stall&opt=0&dosearch=1&search.x=0&search.y=0 https://avherald.com/h?search_term=compressor+stall&opt=0&do... Ranting about this on the porch, the boy interrupted me and said "yeah, yeah, it's like peasants seeing a comet in the middle ages, it changes everything".
- wkat4242 2y agoLooks like a compressor stall/engine surge, where the airflow suddenly reverses and causes a shockwave. It can damage the engine pretty severely especially if it happens multiple times or for a longer duration. Often reducing thrust helps (though this is of course a compromising thing to do during takeoff) It's not supposed to happen under normal circumstances and clearly it happened several times in a row here. Maybe some blade damage? Anyway I'm sure the investigation will turn up the cause. I'm glad those people are ok. Though it isn't normally immediately dangerous on modern engines (e.g. it might lead to loss of thrust but not resulting in an explosion). That did happen on older engines though. I'm sure it must be scary, seeing flames and hearing bangs.
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- sebazzz 2y agoFar right extremists on X are already blaming DEI hiring for this. Idiots. Also, this is likely a bird that got ingested.
- orwin 2y agoWhat is DEI? Are they blaming pilots? Fundamental attribution error is the bread and butter of right wing nuts here (it's sometimes half their ideology, it's quite sad this is a well-known logical fallacy our 'instinct' love to make up)