[Xploit Machine]

Singapore Airlines Flight SQ368 experienced a incident when it caught fire after an emergency landing at Singapore's Changi Airport. The Boeing 777-300ER was en route from Singapore to Milan when an engine oil warning message forced the aircraft to turn back.

The incident, which took place in June 2016, began when the flight, carrying 222 passengers and 19 crew, had to return to Singapore about two hours into its journey. Upon making an emergency landing at Changi Airport, the right engine of the aircraft burst into flames.

Remarkably, all passengers and crew were evacuated safely without any injuries. The fire was quickly extinguished by airport emergency services, preventing further damage and potential casualties.

Singapore Airlines, known for its strong safety record, responded swiftly to the incident. They provided assistance to affected passengers, including accommodation and alternative travel arrangements.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and relevant authorities launched an investigation into the cause of the engine fire. The focus was on understanding the source of the oil warning and the subsequent engine fire.

[William May]

Hmmmmmm. I just heard of a Chinese Boeing that burned up at the gate as well, a while back. They left a washer off a slat drive (The slats are on the front of the wing) and a roller assembly got loose in the housing. The housing actually protrudes INSIDE the fuel tank, kind of like putting your toothbrush into an empty toilet paper roll. But when they retracted the slats after landing, the roller assembly was waiting at the end of the tube, and the track that moves into the wing, pushed the roller assembly right through the tube and into the fuel tank. Fuel started gushing out, but since the engine was running, the jet engine air blew the fuel back and away from the aircraft. No problem. They taxied all the way to the gate after landing. But then they shut the engines down. Now the fuel is gushing all over the red-hot carbon brakes.
Instant ignition. Everyone got off of that one as well. This sounds like nearly the same thing, and I wonder if it is. There is really nothing that is flammable on the wing of an airliner. The only thing that will actually burn is the hydraulic fluid, and that is fire-resistant and self-extinguishing. (i.e. if you keep a flame on it, it WILL burn, but if the flame is removed, the fire will go out. Not always, but usually.) Looking at the flames, it looks to me like somehow fuel got out into the external wing structure. I will be curious when they find the root cause.
(Also, airliners MUST retract their spoilers, slats, and flaps as they leave the runway. If they leave them down, it is a visual indication to ground controllers that the aircraft has been hijacked. So the crew can communicate just by leaving the flaps and spoilers extended.
If they have a minor control problem where they are fine, but they can't retract them, they normally will tell them over the radio that they have a mechanical problem, and to disregard the lowered flaps.

[kellyhound]

lucky escape from a burning hell fire

[lesslis2015]

William, great info for us good guys! Sure hope only good guys read this stuff tho! Careful man!!!!!

[William May]

Originally Posted by lesslis2015 ↗

William, great info for us good guys! Sure hope only good guys read this stuff tho! Careful man!!!!!

I actually think the days of hijacking are pretty much over with. From now on, it will be a bomb game, with them trying to get them on the airplanes, and the good guys working at keeping them off the aircraft. Security at airports is getting better all the time. That is why you see an increasing number of terminal attacks, like the one that just happened in Turkey. That's about as far as they can penetrate now, with everyone on watch.
I know that in India, you can't even enter the terminal unless you have your ticket receipt. These guys wouldn't have even got into the terminal in India. So things are getting tighter all the time.

[durt]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

Hmmmmmm. I just heard of a Chinese Boeing that burned up at the gate as well, a while back. They left a washer off a slat drive (The slats are on the front of the wing) and a roller assembly got loose in the housing. The housing actually protrudes INSIDE the fuel tank, kind of like putting your toothbrush into an empty toilet paper roll. But when they retracted the slats after landing, the roller assembly was waiting at the end of the tube, and the track that moves into the wing, pushed the roller assembly right through the tube and into the fuel tank. Fuel started gushing out, but since the engine was running, the jet engine air blew the fuel back and away from the aircraft. No problem. They taxied all the way to the gate after landing. But then they shut the engines down. Now the fuel is gushing all over the red-hot carbon brakes.
Instant ignition. Everyone got off of that one as well. This sounds like nearly the same thing, and I wonder if it is. There is really nothing that is flammable on the wing of an airliner. The only thing that will actually burn is the hydraulic fluid, and that is fire-resistant and self-extinguishing. (i.e. if you keep a flame on it, it WILL burn, but if the flame is removed, the fire will go out. Not always, but usually.) Looking at the flames, it looks to me like somehow fuel got out into the external wing structure. I will be curious when they find the root cause.
(Also, airliners MUST retract their spoilers, slats, and flaps as they leave the runway. If they leave them down, it is a visual indication to ground controllers that the aircraft has been hijacked. So the crew can communicate just by leaving the flaps and spoilers extended.
If they have a minor control problem where they are fine, but they can't retract them, they normally will tell them over the radio that they have a mechanical problem, and to disregard the lowered flaps.

Here's some info on that 737, too bad, new acft burned up for sake of a washer

http://lessonslearned.faa.gov/ll_mai...=65&LLTypeID=2

[durt]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

I actually think the days of hijacking are pretty much over with. From now on, it will be a bomb game, with them trying to get them on the airplanes, and the good guys working at keeping them off the aircraft. Security at airports is getting better all the time. That is why you see an increasing number of terminal attacks, like the one that just happened in Turkey. That's about as far as they can penetrate now, with everyone on watch.
I know that in India, you can't even enter the terminal unless you have your ticket receipt. These guys wouldn't have even got into the terminal in India. So things are getting tighter all the time.

...and now they're talking about implementing security at the terminal entrance, not just at the boarding area!

[Wadolek]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

. . .
Now the fuel is gushing all over the red-hot carbon brakes.
Instant ignition.
. . .

Fuel was gushing over the hot end of the right engine and there fire starts.
There was more incidents with this washer. Few of them ends with minor fire and after this one they starts big investigation and find out 20 cases when washer was missing but whole bolt somehow was still on the place. Boeing redesigned the bolt after this.