Cathay A330 engine fire

[David Ramsay]

From NZ Herald web site (www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10726018)

The engine on a Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 caught fire in midair Monday, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Singapore.

No one was injured in the incident.

Flight CX715 took off from Singapore heading to the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, at 1:12 a.m., but soon turned around after engine trouble and landed at 1:57 a.m., Singapore's Changi Airport said in a statement.

Firefighters extinguished the fire and normal flight operations resumed on the runway about an hour later, the airport said.

It was the second time in six months an Airbus had to make an emergency landing in Singapore because of engine problems.

A Qantas A380 turned around shortly after takeoff Nov. 4 when one of its Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines disintegrated.

The airport would not say how many passengers were on board Monday's flight or what kind of engines the plane used. A spokesman for Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific was not immediately available for comment.

-AP

[David Knudsen]

My favourite quote from the article on Brisbane Times (http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/terror-aboard-stricken--airliner-as-it-heads-back-with-engine-ablaze-20110516-1epfn.html);

The airline said the crew shut down the engine after receiving a "stall warning".

I assume they were trying to hint at a compressor stall possibly?

[Sarah C]

Of course there was a QF mention..........fair dinkum, AP really need to get a new template. The only link is the aircraft was also an Airbus.......

[Paul f.]

B-HLM was the aircraft.

[Garry Emanuel]

Come on Sarah - two links !

They both had to land in Sinagapore ! ! ! ! Begs the question of whether one should avoid Airbus services in to and out of Singapore. Perhaps there's a line for 60 Minutes ! ! ! !

The joy of word processing means that it is far easier to create a template and then change the words as necessary, hence the regular misquoting of aircraft type - nothing like confusing a B737 and A380 as was recently done by one of our esteemed "reporters of the truth".

Am sure there are many other inaccuracies reported as a result of similar approach.

[Grant Smith]

The only link is the aircraft was also an Airbus.......

I'll throw in a third and fourth- they're both fairly important players in the one world alliance... Engine manufacturer - both aircraft are serviced by RR...