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05-27-2015, 05:24 AM

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SQ A330 - both engines fail

Passengers' terror as Singapore Airlines Airbus plunges 13,000 FEET as BOTH engines fail in bad weather off Hong Kong

The Airbus A330-300 was flying from Singapore to Shanghai on Saturday

Pilots followed 'operational procedures' to restore power to the engines
Plane landed safely in Shanghai and flew back to Singapore after a delay
Singapore Airlines said no ‘anomalies’ were detected in either engine
The carrier is investigating the incident with Rolls-Royce and Airbus

Singapore Airlines plane plunges 13,000 FEET as Rolls-Royce engines fail

05-27-2015, 06:52 AM

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Check the pax manifest. See if Chris Roberts is listed.

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05-27-2015, 07:40 AM

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Check the pax manifest. See if Chris Roberts is listed.

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Hey don't forget Hillary and Brian Williams.

05-27-2015, 09:20 AM

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The flight crew must have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express and had Brian Williams on board to handle this one.

05-28-2015, 08:19 PM

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Richard Quest was on the jumpseat from what I've heard

05-30-2015, 07:09 PM

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Where is Chesley when you need him?

05-31-2015, 11:24 PM

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Considering I just watched one of their 777-300er crews in LAX do a visual to 24R only to go around at ~300' because they forgot to put the gear down....I might be inclined to think they did something stupid up front.

06-01-2015, 04:49 AM

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Hmmmm......at ~300', I'm sure they would have heard some barking from the aircraft well before that. How do you know they "forgot" to put their gear down?

06-01-2015, 07:54 AM

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I was sitting outside enjoying my lunch and that particular spot on glide slope you are right around 300'. That is where they initiated the go around from

06-01-2015, 08:07 AM

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Hmmmm......at ~300', I'm sure they would have heard some barking from the aircraft well before that. How do you know they "forgot" to put their gear down?

Sometimes people tune out that gear horn if they're busy, common enough phenomenon. Eventually the TCAS would develop a sense of urgency. But a 777 has some momentum...if it looked like they went around at 300' they probably hit the TOGA a bit higher up.