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Thursday 28 May 2015

Singapore Airlines Airbus plunges 13,000 feet as both engines fail in bad weather

Passengers received a scare when a Singapore Airlines Airbus A330-300 dropped 13,000ft after both of its engines failed in mid-air on a recent flight.
As the  plane made an unexpected descent the pilots followed ‘operational procedures’ and managed to restore power to both Rolls-Royce Trent 772 engines, Singapore Airlines said in a statement.

Flight SQ836 was carrying 182 passengers and 12 crew members, when the jet engines lost power 3.5 hours into Saturday’s 5 hour flight.
The pilot said:
'Both engines experienced a temporary loss of power, although one engine returned to normal operations almost immediately.
'The pilots followed operational procedures to restore normal operation of the second engine by putting the aircraft into a controlled descent, before climbing again.
'The flight continued normally to Shanghai and touched down uneventfully at 10:56pm local time. 
Singapore Airlines said no ‘anomalies’ were detected in either of the engines when they were 'thoroughly inspected and tested' upon arrival in Shanghai, and that it is investigating the incident with Rolls-Royce and Airbus. 

Data from FlightRadar24.com and a report in the Aviation Herald revealed the plane was cruising at 39,000ft over the South China Sea, about 162 miles from Hong Kong, when it ran into trouble.
The plane dropped to 26,000ft before power was restored, and climbed back to 31,200ft before it made its normal descent and landed safely in Shanghai about one hour and 40 minutes later, the report said.
The plane later took off to return to Singapore after a two-hour delay, the Aviation Herald reported.
The Air Accident Investigation Bureau of Singapore said it has been informed and is taking the lead on the investigation. 

34 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow
~D great anonymous!

yourstrulyblogposts.blogspot.com said...

Oh dear - it could have been worse - requires a very thorough investigation

Unknown said...

OMG!!! This is so disheartening

Unknown said...

Tnk God

Bonita Bislam said...

Something bout planes I can never understand. Maybe fate sleeps somewhere inside it

kelly said...

not again pls oooooooo
tumbs up for the couragous pilots.
We bless God!

Unknown said...

Thank God !!!

yawanow said...

Thank God no life was lost.

Anonymous said...

Thanks to GOD

E teddy said...

Thank God they landed safely

Ucee said...

Thank God for this miracle,so all these pple would have jst died.

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Thank God disaster was averted.


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hrm paul ojeih said...

Now dat is a pilot dat knows and understand his profession.if he panicked he would av chrashed d plane kudos to him

Anonymous said...

Father have mercy!
Thank God there was no casualties.




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angelite said...

Thanks to God

Unknown said...

if its nija na falling thns ooo... abeg ooo

Anonymous said...

HMMMM....TOMJERRYSWIT

APPLE said...

Hmmm…That is scary mehn.

Unknown said...

Thank God 4 dat.

Subomi said...

that must be a scary a** moment

ary said...

Thank goodness it would have being one disaster too many for Asia.

Unknown said...

Thank God nofin hapnd

Unknown said...

Scary sh*t...don't blame them though.

Unknown said...

Scary sh*t...don't blame them though.

Unknown said...

I can't imagine being on that flight...Thank God for safety

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

Seen

Unknown said...

Phew! Thank God for His mercies. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Phew! Thank God for His mercies. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Thank God for dis miracle of no accident, and I bless God for d experience pilot dat handled d situation very well.

Anonymous said...

Do you know the meaning of disheartening???

Anonymous said...

Wht is disheartening pls? That dey didn't die? You u should be saying praise be to God. I'm sure you didn't read well.

Amycool cyril said...

what an awesome God, thank you lord for protecting your children

Zalon kay said...

jane ajanaku
to god be the glory.

Anonymous said...

I would have so peed on myself if I was on that plane. Ordinary turbulence dey stop my heart beat, can't imagine dropping 13k ft. They say controlled descent, story! Shit was a glider, they lucky the engines came back on. Pilots were good. A lil error would have fvked things up.

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