Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
Not that we fly A380s, but it is kind of an interesting story...
I saw this on a different board, more a pilot-summary of what happened:
Here are just SOME of the problems Richard had in Singapore last week
aboard QF32…. I won’t bother mentioning the engine explosion!....
oops… mentioned the engine explosion, sorry…..
* massive fuel leak in the left mid fuel tank (the beast has 11
tanks, including in the horizontal stabiliser on the tail)
* massive fuel leak in the left inner fuel tank
* a hole on the flap canoe/fairing that you could fit your upper body through
* the aft gallery in the fuel system failed, preventing many fuel
transfer functions
* fuel jettison had problems due to the previous problem above
* bloody great hole in the upper wing surface
* partial failure of leading edge slats
* partial failure of speed brakes/ground spoilers
* shrapnel damage to the flaps
* TOTAL loss of all hydraulic fluid in the Green System (beast has 2
x 5,000 PSI systems, Green and Yellow)
* manual extension of landing gear
* loss of 1 generator and associated systems
* loss of brake anti-skid system
* unable to shutdown adjacent #1 engine using normal method after
landing due to major damage to systems
* unable to shutdown adjacent #1 engine using using the fire
switch!!!!!!!! Therefore, no fire protection was available for that
engine after the explosion in #2
* ECAM warnings about major fuel imbalance because of fuel leaks on
left side, that were UNABLE to be fixed with cross-feeding
* fuel trapped in Trim Tank (in the tail). Therefore, possible major
CofG out-of-balance condition for landing. Yikes!
* and much more to come….......
Richard was in the left seat, FO in the right), SO in the 2nd obs seat
(right rear, also with his own Radio Management Panel, so he probably
did
most of the coordination with the ground), Capt Dave Evans in the 1st
obs seat (middle). He is a Check & Training Captain who was training
Harry
Wubbin to be one also. Harry was in the 3rd obs seat (left rear).
All 5 guys were FLAT OUT busy, especially the FO who would have been
processing complicated ‘ECAM’ messages and procedures that were
seemingly never-ending!