Swiss Flight Makes Emergency Landing

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An Amsterdam-Zurich flight of Swiss International Air Lines made an emergency landing at Frankfurt Airport on Monday after two of its four engines failed, the airline and German authorities said.

The Avro RJ-100 plane, carrying 51 passengers and five crew members, made the emergency landing without difficulty at about 0920 GMT, the airline said in a statement. No one was injured in the incident.

The cause of the engine failure was being investigated, the airline said.


Josh
 
Well in this case I'm sure there's a lot of people that were glad there were 4... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bandit.gif
 
I think it needs about 6 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif Thank God nobody was injured
 
I thought all planes were designed to be able to fly when all but 1 engine fails, right?

But is 1 engine going on a multi-engine plane always cause for an emergency landing?
 
I dont know. I wouldn't think 1 engine on a 4 engine plane running would stay running for very long. I would think you would have to push it so hard it would fail in a matter of minutes. I jets, do you ever push the throttles all the way forward. I would think that's what you would need to do in that case.

It looks like "I would think" is my favorite phrase tonight. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Tom
 
Local German press is praising the female pilot by calling her a great captainess! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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I thought all planes were designed to be able to fly when all but 1 engine fails, right?

But is 1 engine going on a multi-engine plane always cause for an emergency landing?

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First part: Transport jets are designed to fly in any situation if 1 engine fails. That is even at a critical point, such as V1, it should fly if just 1 fails. This is true of 4 or 2 engine jets.

Once you are airborne it's a different ballgame. Most 4 engine jets in most conditions could make a safe landing if the crew manged their energy right. If they had to climb for any reason they'd be toast.

1 engine operation is definitely cause for an emergency landing, even on a 2 engine jet. Go-arounds are doable but not easy, so you want a clear runway. And obviously you have lost all redundancy so you are just 1 engine away from being a glider. This is condidered "very bad" in commercial aviation.
 
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I thought all planes were designed to be able to fly when all but 1 engine fails, right?

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Best answer I have is "Ehhh... Kinda! in some circumstances yes, in others no!"

Lose an engine in a medium-weight Be-76 and you'd better make a straight line to the nearest runway.

Lose an engine in a jet, and you'd certainly better land at a diversionary airport because jets don't glide too well if that other engine decides to give way.

The BAe-146 is known to have "5 APUs".
 
I remember on a 737, it's about 3 to 5 units of trim on the rudder, but beyond that, the airplane flies the exact same way.
 
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