Cyprus: fire/smoke in engine 2 of Transaero 767 in landing..

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Incident: Transaero B762 at Larnaca on Jul 31st 2010, hydraulic leak on landing

By Simon Hradecky, created Saturday, Jul 31st 2010 14:50Z, last updated Sunday, Aug 1st 2010 11:27Z

A Transaero Airlines Boeing 767-200, registration EI-CXZ performing flight UN-9461 from St. Petersburg (Russia) to Larnaca (Cyprus) with 198 passengers and 11 crew, had touched down in Larnaca when the tower controller noticed smoke from the right hand engine (CF6) of the aircraft.

At the same time the crew shut the engine down and activated the fire suppression system.

The airplane rolled out safely, emergency services responded, put out a small fire at the engine accessories and cleaned some fluid from the runway, that had leaked from the engine.

The runway was closed for about 10 minutes, the airplane was subsequently towed to the apron where passengers disembarked normally.

Larnaca Airport said, that tower discovered smoke from the engine during the landing and sounded the fire alert. 4 fire engines responded, reached the aircraft in less than a minute and foamed the engine, where small flames were visible in the area of the engine accessories.

The fire engines subsequently escorted the airplane being towed to the apron, where passengers disembarked normally.

The crew had used the engine's fire suppression system, too, however it appeared that system could not extinguish the flames.

Transaero Airlines said, that the right hand engine suffered a hydraulic leak resulting in smoke but no fire. ( )

A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration EI-DBF was dispatched to Larnaca and performed the return flight as UN-8462 reaching St. Petersburg with a delay of 8 hours, the incident airplane ferried back to Moscow at the same time following examination and repairs.