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DATE:31/08/10
SOURCE:Flightglobal.com
Pictures: Qantas 747 uncontained engine failure
By John Croft
Pictures have emerged of the damaged Rolls-Royce RB211 engine on a Qantas Airlines Boeing 747-400 that experienced an uncontained engine failure on departure from the San Francisco International airport en route to Sydney late Monday night.
According to news reports, flight tracking and air traffic control communications from FlightAware.com and LiveATC,net, the aircraft was climbing through 25,000ft (7,620m) approximately 20 minutes after departure when it experienced the problem.
Passengers described a loud bang followed by vibrations and sparks.
The pilots did not initially declare an emergency and would not provide details of the engine problem when queried by air traffic control, according to air traffic control conversations.
After dumping fuel over the Pacific ocean and descending for an approach back at San Francisco, the pilots did declare an emergency however.
One of the pilots onboard Flight 74, with 212 passengers and 18 crew onboard, later told ground controllers that there had been severe damage to the number 4 engine, and that a large amount of sparking continued even after the engine had been shut down.
None of the passengers or crew were injured.
Incident: Qantas B744 near San Francisco on Aug 31st 2010, uncontained engine failure
By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Aug 31st 2010 14:48Z, last updated Tuesday, Aug 31st 2010 18:13Z
IMAGE: The hole in the engine
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.
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