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A380 Airbus Engine Failiure

The document discusses different types of aircraft engine failures, including contained failures where damage is contained within the engine casing, and uncontained failures where engine components break off and damage the plane. It specifically describes a 2010 incident where a Qantas Airbus A380 suffered an uncontained engine failure that caused significant damage. It then considers whether an A380 could operate on a single engine, determining that it could not maintain level flight on one engine due to insufficient thrust. Maintaining control and landing the large aircraft would be extremely difficult in that scenario. The document closes by describing a 1982 incident where a British Airways quadjet lost all four engines to volcanic ash but was able to restart one engine and land safely.

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A380 Airbus Engine Failiure

The document discusses different types of aircraft engine failures, including contained failures where damage is contained within the engine casing, and uncontained failures where engine components break off and damage the plane. It specifically describes a 2010 incident where a Qantas Airbus A380 suffered an uncontained engine failure that caused significant damage. It then considers whether an A380 could operate on a single engine, determining that it could not maintain level flight on one engine due to insufficient thrust. Maintaining control and landing the large aircraft would be extremely difficult in that scenario. The document closes by describing a 1982 incident where a British Airways quadjet lost all four engines to volcanic ash but was able to restart one engine and land safely.

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A380 Airbus Engine Failiure

There Are Two Types Of Engine Failure, They Can Be Categorized Into
Contained And Uncontained Engine Failures. A Contained Failure Is Where
Something Goes Wrong Within The Engine But Everything Remains Inside The
Casing, Power Supply Issues Are An Example In Which The Engine Remains
Intact Unlike Uncontained Failure In Which One Or More Components Break
Apart From The Engine OR In The Worst Case The Whole Engine Fall Apart.

For Example, A Qantas A380 Incurred A Uncontained Engine Rotor Failure Or


A UERF Of It’s Number 2 Engine And Had An Emergency Landing In
Singapore, Changi Airport On November 2010

"A Rolls-Royce Trent 900. Debris from the UERF impacted the aircraft,
resulting in significant structural and systems damage. The flight crew
managed the situation and, after completing the required actions for the
multitude of system failures, safely returned to and landed at Changi Airport."
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).

Despite Everything That Can Happen, It’s Almost Impossible That This Four-
Engined, Double Deckered Behemoth Would Lose All But One Engine But We
Should Consider The Impact It Would Have On Our Flying Monster.

Can An Airbus A380 Operate On A Single Engine?


A Plane Has Three Forms Of Movement In The Air: Ascending, Descending &
Level Flight. An A380 Has Four Engines Each Provide Around 356 kn Of
Thrust Which Powers The Colussus Aircraft Weighing 560 Tons Or Roughly
112 Elephants!

To Maintain A Good Level Flight With A Single Engine Of 356 kn, The Engine
Would Need To Produce Enough Power To Keep A Speed Of 903 km/h
However, This Speed Is Impractical For A Single Engine Thus The Aircraft
Will Start To Slow Down, Drag Would Be Increased And Start Losing Altitude,
In This Case Scenario It Would Be Of The Utmost Importance For The Engines
To Be Restarted.
Otherwise, The Pilots Would Need To Make An Emergency Landing At A
Suitable Airport Which Is Difficult For The A380 Which Can Only Fly In And
Out A Few Airports Due To It’s Colossal Size

Let Alone Flying On One Engine, Even Flying The A380 With Two Engines Is
Something That The Federal Aviation Regulation Or The FAR Would Only
Recommend This In Extreme Cases.

Other Quadjets With Failures


In June 1982, A British Airways Flight BA9 From London To Auckland Was
Encountered By A Heavy Cloud Of Volcanic Ash Near Jakarta, Indonesia.
Back Then, Flight Crews Didn’t Have Much Experience In Dealing With Such
Calamities, They Treated The Ashes Like Water Vapor And Just Flew Through
It.

Unfortunately, The Ash Jammed The Components And Caused All Four
Engines To Break Down Triggering The Flight’s Captain To Famously
Announce:

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going
again. I trust you are not in too much distress."

The Flight Engineer Was Able To Restart A Single Engine That Was Enough
To Power The Aircraft To Smoothly Glide Through The Sky.

Shortly Afterwards, They Got The Other Three Engines Back Up And Running
And Thankfully, It Landed In Jakarta. It Landed There Safely Despite The
Windscreen Being Rendered Almost Opaque.

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