Incidents Moteurs présumés

A Lufthansa Airbus A319-100, registration D-AIBA performing flight LH-10 from Frankfurt/Main to Hamburg (Germany), was climbing through FL260 out of Frankfurt about 80nm northeast of Frankfurt when the right hand engine (CFM56) emitted two loud bangs prompting the crew to shut the engine down.

The aircraft returned to Frankfurt for a safe landing on runway 25C about 25 minutes later.

A passenger reported the captain announced they had to shut the right hand engine down due to airflow disruption.

A Qantas Airbus A380-800, registration VH-OQB performing flight QF-11 from Sydney,NS (Australia) to Los Angeles,CA (USA), was enroute over the Pacific Ocean when the crew noticed the #2 engine (Trent 972, inboard left) was leaking oil, however, the engine did not need to be shut down. The crew continued the flight to Los Angeles for a routine safe landing on all engines.

A post flight inspection revealed an oil leak in the transfer gear box of engine #2 that could not be fixed forcing an engine change.

The aircraft departed Los Angeles for Melbourne,VI (Australia) as flight QF-6003 on Aug 24th. The aircraft re-entered service as flight QF-9 on Aug 25th shortly after return.

A British Airways Boeing 747-400, registration G-BNLJ performing flight BA-58 from Cape Town (South Africa) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was enroute about 40 minutes into the flight when engine #4 (RB-211, outboard right) surged prompting the crew to shut the engine down. The crew elected to continue the flight to London at some lower altitude cruising at FL300 over Angola and at FL340 over Europe. The aircraft, that had departed 10 minutes early, landed safely in London with a delay of 30 minutes about 11 hours after the engine was shut down.

Passengers reported they heard a loud bang from the right hand wing and saw a ball of fire out of the outboard engine.

A United Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration N788UA performing flight UA-861 from Washington Dulles,DC (USA) to Sao Paulo,SP (Brazil), was climbing through FL200 about 50nm southeast of Washington's Dulles Airport, when the left hand engine (PW4090) emitted a huge bang and smoke appeared in cabin and cockpit. The crew shut the left hand engine down and returned to Washington's Dulles Airport reporting on approach, that the smoke in the cockpit had dissipated and they were no longer planning to evacuate the aircraft after landing, the left engine had locked and was shut down. The aircraft landed safely on Dulles Airport's runway 01R and vacated the runway stopping on the adjacent taxiway for emergency services to check the aircraft.

A passenger reported that he felt unusual vibrations while the aircraft was still level at FL190, then the engine began to emit sparks followed by a huge bang and smoke appearing in the cabin. After landing emergency services cooled the brakes, the passengers disembarked onto the taxiway via stairs.

A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration N784UA departed Washington about 14.5 hours after landing and is estimated to reach Sao Paulo with a total delay of 15 hours.

A Qantas Boeing 747-400, registration VH-OEF performing flight QF-17 from Sydney,NS (Australia) to Buenos Aires Ezeiza,BA (Argentina) with 264 people on board, was enroute at FL310 about 230nm southsouthwest of Auckland (New Zealand) when the crew reported engine problems (CF6), drifted down to FL250, dumped fuel and diverted to Auckland for a safe landing on runway 23L about one hour later.

Following repairs the aircraft was able to continue the journey the following day and reached Buenos Aires with a delay of 23 hours.

A British Airways Boeing 767-300, registration G-BNWM performing flight BA-277 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Hyderabad (India), was enroute at FL330 over the Czech Republic about 85nm northnortheast of Vienna (Austria), when the crew shut the right hand engine (RB211) down and diverted to Vienna. The aircraft landed safely on Vienna's runway 16 about 30 minutes later.

A Hong Kong Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration B-LNZ performing freight flight HX-9609 (dep Sep 17th) from Tokyo Narita (Japan) to Hong Kong (China), was enroute at FL400 about 100nm southsoutheast of Fukuoka (Japan) when the crew needed to shut the left hand engine (Trent 772) down. The aircraft turned around, drifted down to FL240, diverted to Fukuoka, entered a holding and landed safely about 50 minutes later.

An Austrian Airlines Airbus A321-100, registration OE-LBB performing flight OS-831 from Vienna (Austria) to Larnaca (Cyprus), was climbing through FL230 about 80nm east of Vienna and 30nm west of Budapest when the crew reported engine (CFM56) trouble and decided to return to Vienna. The aircraft landed safely on Vienna's runway 29 about 45 minutes after departure.

A replacement Airbus A321-100 registration OE-LBC reached Larnaca with a delay of 3 hours.

A Qantas Boeing 747-400, registration VH-OJS performing flight QF-2 from Bangkok (Thailand) to Sydney,NS (Australia) with 356 passengers, was climbing out of Bangkok about 10 minutes into the flight when a loud bang was emitted by an engine (RB211) followed by vibrations. The crew shut the engine down and returned to Bangkok for a safe landing about 75 minutes later.

Passengers reported the engine emitted sparks as well.

The airline confirmed the crew shut an engine down following a bang and excessive shuddering about 10 minutes into the flight.

The flight is now expected to depart Bangkok with a delay of 24 hours.

A Lufthansa Cityline Embraer ERJ-190, registration D-AECH performing flight CL-48/LH-48 from Frankfurt/Main to Hanover (Germany) with 41 passengers and 5 crew, was climbing out of Frankfurt's runway 18 when the crew stopped the climb at FL130 and shut an engine (CF34) down. The aircraft diverted to Cologne (Germany) for a safe landing on runway 14L about 20 minutes later.

The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights