lost 2 engines(power) attached to one of the wings during a flight. would it need to make a emergency landing at the nearest airport? or Could it continue to fly to the planned airport?
2007-02-25 18:46:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Even with all engines shut down the plane could glide almost 100 miles! Two engines lost is not a problem during straight and level flight. It would try to make it to the nearest emergency landing strip. The issue the A380 would have is that not too many airports in teh world are equipped to handle the plane. During the takeoff roll, losing 1-2 engines would be a major problem!
2007-02-25 18:51:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where the aircraft is and ETOPS considerations etc....however, this question can also be posed to the Boeing 747 as well.
In all certainty an emergency would be declared and so would be given priority to land ahead of other aircraft.
However a recent airline case comes to mind where the crew decided to fly with one engine out and safely landed at their destination..both the American and the European authorities took a close look at this case as you can imagine. Accusations of profit over safety were made etc etc
The A380 will pass both European and American safety standards. The new 747 will also have to pass these standards even though Boeing want 'Grandfather' rights imposed......get real Boeing!
Keep in mind that the Europeans also built the only commercially viable supersonic aircraft to operate, something even the Americans couldn't do (so the Government withdrew Boeing funding at the time).
The anti-Airbus (or anti-Europe) sentiment in this forum is amazing.....can't you Americans take someone beating you in the aircraft manufacturing stakes?! Boeing has had a real wake up call over the last 10 years - they could never imagine Airbus/EADS beating them at their own game!
Europeans appreciate the quality that American products have and don't Boeing-bash. This competition is good for everyone - better aircraft/products at competitive prices and so fuelling air travel growth.
And as for one answerer who said they'd 'never fly with Airbus with all wings working'......well they may have no choice, many American carriers have both Airbus and Boeing aircraft in their fleet.
Both the A380 and the B787 are great aircraft and we should be complimenting them not disrespecting them - engineering at it's finest!
2007-02-26 04:05:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No it would need to make an emergency landing as it would not be considered safe to fly.
A point which is in legal dispute between BA and the American FAA, a BA 747 took off from NY bound for LHR and lost one engine but continued and only made to Manchester.
The FAA deemed that the crew should have diverted as the situation compromised the safety of the aircraft
2007-02-26 07:16:14 · answer #3 · answered by andy b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even the loss of one engine in a 4 engined craft would require an emergency landing by law. Plane will probably make it to an emergency landing with 2 of 4 engines. Don't worry - per passenger mile flown aircraft are the safest form of travel.
2007-02-26 05:26:19 · answer #4 · answered by Stuart C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In theory it could continue to fly for some considerable time but they would make a landing as soon as possible. The odd of two engines on the same wing failing are very low (unless a wing dropped off! Which would be a real downer!).
Flying with power on one wing only is difficult because the yaw effect on the plane would make it sluggish to control.
2007-02-26 03:09:28 · answer #5 · answered by Your Nuts! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are too many variables connected to this scenario that needs to be accounted for to give you a good answer.
As it is power loss, we can assume that the wings are still there and the aircraft is still airworthy. It can still maintain level flight with two engines (assume one in each wing is functional). Its up to the pilot to decide if the aircraft can continue to its destination.
The logical action would be to reroute the aircraft to the closest airport capable of handling this behemoth because whatever gremlins that caused the failure earlier could strike again and its better to have it rectified than risked. I bet that even the passengers would opt for "better late than possibly dead".
2007-02-26 03:25:46 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great answer AHK.
Also remember Boeings are also made in Australia you yanks don't do everything.
A B767 with ETOPS can fly across the atlantic on one engine. Lets face it, you get half way and an engine fails, do you turn round or keep going?
Pilots choice he's the one in charge, and he's not going to tell you! Why cause a mid air panic?
2007-02-26 11:17:02 · answer #7 · answered by Karhu100 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
May help you to know that planes such as the Nimrod and AWAX often shut down two engines whilst on patrol with no problem to extend flight time.
2007-02-26 05:04:49 · answer #8 · answered by Francis7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wouldn't fly airbus if all the engines were working.
2007-02-26 02:52:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋