Aer Lingus A330 experiences engine trouble out of Orlando

radar0976

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0514/aerlingus.html

YESROH

yes my sister was on that flight not due to take off now till this evening at the earliest and here I was worrring about the ash cloud and her being delayed.

pilot1087

http://archive-server.liveatc.net/kmco/KMCO-May-13-2010-2230Z.mp3

listen from 7 mins in to hear the transmission

alkev

radar0976 wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0514/aerlingus.html

EI 105 to New York last Sunday also reported engine problems before take off and the passengers had to be transferred to a new plane. My sister was on that flight.
It was an Airbus 330, I wonder if it was the same aircraft

Dacian

alkev wrote: »

EI 105 to New York last Sunday also reported engine problems before take off and the passengers had to be transferred to a new plane. My sister was on that flight.
It was an Airbus 330, I wonder if it was the same aircraft

The chacne is very slim. The incident you describe sounds precautioinary while the Orlando incident was serious. Also I think EI sent the larger A330-300 on the EI105 while Orlando is served by the A330-200. Again who knows what aircraft did what during all the ash disruption recently.

Stovepipe

The 330 in Orlando suffered a total engine failure at 300 feet after take-off and the incident lasted 11 minutes, not 15 as posted in some papers. The engine is a write-off.The other 330 incident was aileron trouble.
regards
Stovepipe

Our man in Havana

pilot1087 wrote: »

http://archive-server.liveatc.net/kmco/KMCO-May-13-2010-2230Z.mp3

listen from 7 mins in to hear the transmission

Rest of it is here:
http://archive-server.liveatc.net/kmco/KMCO-May-13-2010-2300Z.mp3