747 engine snaps off in Iran flight

[jeaniebueller]

No, no, no.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/747-plane-engine-snaps-off-in-iran-flight-no-injuries/ar-AAftTF9?li=AAa0dzB&ocid=mailsignout

Tehran, Iran: An engine of a Boeing 747 operated by Iran's Mahan Air detached from the plane Thursday shortly after takeoff from Tehran, causing terror among passengers but no injuries, local media reported.

The 747, with 300 passengers on board, was on a flight from the capital's Mehrabad airport to Bandar Abbas in southern Iran when one of its engines crashed into a nearby field, forcing the jumbo to return and make an emergency landing.

Iranian media and social networks carried pictures of the crashed engine.

Iran desperately wants to upgrade its ageing fleet of 140 operating aircraft, hamstrung by nuclear-related and other sanctions which have also made spare parts difficult to source.

The restrictions were partly lifted by an interim agreement on Iran's nuclear programme that came into force in January 2014.

This allowed for the sale of spare parts, although direct sales of aircraft remained banned.

A final accord reached in Vienna on July 14, expected to be implemented at the start of 2016, will lift the sanctions in exchange for putting curbs on Iran's nuclear programme.

Iran plans to buy Airbus and Boeing passenger planes through long-term payment agreements once the accord comes into effect, Transport Minister Abbas Akhoundi said last month.

To purchase new planes, "our negotiations have been mostly with Airbus and Boeing, and we have provided them with our plans and needs until 2020," he said.

In August, a civil aviation official said his country planned to buy 80 to 90 Airbus and Boeing planes a year until it has a new 300-strong fleet.

[iammalcolmx]

Let me see what happened. My first instinct is them not properly maintaining that aircraft. A 747 can invert and go into a death spiral TWICE while inflight, still have it's engines intact, recover at 9,000 feet and land safely. The rudder will be torn up but you will still have engines.

ETA: Notice how they landed safely.

[IIOY]

Oct 15, 2015 10:27:02 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

Let me see what happened. My first instinct is them not properly maintaining that aircraft. A 747 can invert and go into a death spiral TWICE while inflight, still have it's engines intact, recover at 9,000 feet and land safely. The rudder will be torn up but you will still have engines.

ETA: Notice how they landed safely.

I don't think Denzel was flying this particular plane, though.

[josieposy]

Oct 15, 2015 10:27:02 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

Let me see what happened. My first instinct is them not properly maintaining that aircraft. A 747 can invert and go into a death spiral TWICE while inflight, still have it's engines intact, recover at 9,000 feet and land safely. The rudder will be torn up but you will still have engines.

ETA: Notice how they landed safely.

My first instinct was to ask you what to think about this. True story.

[iammalcolmx]

Oct 15, 2015 10:31:45 GMT -5 IIOY said:

Oct 15, 2015 10:27:02 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

Let me see what happened. My first instinct is them not properly maintaining that aircraft. A 747 can invert and go into a death spiral TWICE while inflight, still have it's engines intact, recover at 9,000 feet and land safely. The rudder will be torn up but you will still have engines.

ETA: Notice how they landed safely.

I don't think Denzel was flying this particular plane, though.

You know I am speaking of a China Airlines flight where this really happened remember? Remember I messaged you after I watched it?

[aurora]

It still had 3 engines left, y'all.

[josieposy]

Oct 15, 2015 16:35:21 GMT -5 aurora said:

It still had 3 engines left, y'all.

But engines aren't supposed to just fall off!

[mcsangel2]

Nope. Just nope.

[aurora]

Oct 15, 2015 16:42:34 GMT -5 josieposy said:

Oct 15, 2015 16:35:21 GMT -5 aurora said:

It still had 3 engines left, y'all.

But engines aren't supposed to just fall off!

Sorry, my sarcasm font didn't come through. I would have been terrified if one of my 747's engines had fallen off, even though it is in fact true that 3 engines remained.

[josieposy]

Oct 15, 2015 16:44:37 GMT -5 aurora said:

Oct 15, 2015 16:42:34 GMT -5 josieposy said:

But engines aren't supposed to just fall off!

Sorry, my sarcasm font didn't come through. I would have been terrified if one of my 747's engines had fallen off, even though it is in fact true that 3 engines remained.

LOL! I was confused.

[iammalcolmx]

Yeah you must have to do some fancy maneuvering if you lose the weight of an entire engine. Without research I am going to say these pilots are BAMF's.

[iammalcolmx]

Oct 15, 2015 12:11:08 GMT -5 @mx said:

The chances that this can be blamed on sanctions seem pretty high to me.

The pilots on the forums cited other aircrafts that have had this issue so they aren't ready to go there yet.

[derp]

Oct 15, 2015 17:26:52 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

The pilots on the forums cited other aircrafts that have had this issue

GREAT