Easyjet 737-700 engine fire

[Adam!]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/b...ts/7333986.stm

Passengers on a plane which was forced to make an emergency landing on a flight to Luton from Athens have described their terror.
The Boeing 737's engine burst into flames and it returned to the Greek airport 40 minutes after take-off.
Adele Berry, from Leeds, said she was terrified as she heard some of her 118 fellow passengers shout "fire, fire".
Engineers are investigating a "technical problem" on Sunday night's Flight EZY 2002, operator Easyjet said.
"There was a big clanging noise, and obviously we were all terrified," Ms Berry said.
"There wasn't a lot of information being given.
Alternative flight
"Then people towards the rear of the cabin - we were at the front - said that there was a fire, and were shouting fire, fire.
"We thought we were going to crash. We didn't have a clue what to do, so we just sat there, holding hands and hoping we'd get back down again."
The pilot managed to make an emergency landing after circling over the sea to dump fuel.
"All of a sudden we heard a juddering from the side of the plane, and then you could see what looked like flashing lights outside," another passenger Richard Leigh, from Bolton, said.
"After a couple of seconds you realised that there were flames coming out. People started shouting, and we were just hanging on for grim death."
An Easyjet spokeswoman said an investigation was under way and all passengers had been offered the option of taking an alternative flight to Gatwick or taking the next day's flight to Luton.
"The flight returned from airborne due to a technical problem and passengers who wanted to were transferred to the next available flight to Gatwick 40 minutes later," the spokeswoman said.
"We don't know the nature of the technical problem yet but our engineers are investigating."
The plane's passengers had already seen their flight delayed by 90 minutes because of snow in the UK.

Yeahhh... Because 737-700's have a jettison system don't they :eusa_wall I'm sure Boeing would like to know exactly how this aircraft dumped fuel..

The 737-700 doesn't have the facility to dump fuel, I seriousally hate the BBC.. They don't know anything!

[NEW-START]

I think they were meaning that the aircraft burned off fuel, not using anything like a jettison system.

Therefore, they probably meant that the B737 was dumping their quantity of fuel by burning it off.

[Adam!]

I think they were meaning that the aircraft burned off fuel, not using anything like a jettison system.

Therefore, they probably meant that the B737 was dumping their quantity of fuel by burning it off.

No.. The aircraft landed 12 minutes after departure, despite what the BBC say - The BBC assume every aircraft has a jettison system which certainly isn't the case.

The BBC do like to dramatise things which really are not as serious as they may seem.

An engine fire, although one of the most feared things isn't really mega serious - To passengers, yes, very scary - but to those up front it's nothing unusual.

See, this is why pilots are paid so much.. They're paid for the job they CAN do, not what they do!

[Yoshimitsui]

Yeahhh... Because 737-700's have a jettison system don't they :eusa_wall I'm sure Boeing would like to know exactly how this aircraft dumped fuel..

The 737-700 doesn't have the facility to dump fuel, I seriousally hate the BBC.. They don't know anything!

Lmao, thats what i was thinking. I was sure they coudn't do that.

Allthough hope everyones ok.

[xxMATTGxx]

Interesting, And it was RyanAir, the pilot will loose some money LOL. Sorry ;[ But well done EasyJet

[Adam!]

Interesting, And it was RyanAir, the pilot will loose some money LOL. Sorry ;[ But well done EasyJet

If it was Ryanair, the pilot would proberbly have to pay for the engine repairs and the cost of diverting the aircraft.. Also he/she would have proberbly been demoted/sacked for not continuing to Luton on the one engine!!!

Okay.. Maybe not, but it wouldn't supprise me.

[Scania]

I was going to say the 737-700 couldn't dump fuel :S.

Anyway, well done to the crew. Didn't they just shut down the engine?

[Adam!]

I was going to say the 737-700 couldn't dump fuel :S.

Anyway, well done to the crew. Didn't they just shut down the engine?

Well thats the standard proceedure for an engine fire..

Doesn't mean the fire would have been extinguished though.

[Cavaz]

many things lie, like wikipedia. just gotta live with them.

To 2 posts above. Turning the engines off wouldn't be the smartest of ideas would it... Its not going to stop the fire.
And few above, they wouldn't really waste time circling the sea to lose fuel if they we're burning up would they?

Most engine fires are successfully solved though with alert pilots ready to get down.


Also good to see, Plane emergency's are becoming fewer!
I wouldn't say a fire engine is nothing to get scared about, Yes passengers think that because they've heard nonsense from other people. But as Adam said. They pilots wouldn't panic, they'd take it cool and just do what they are paid to do.

[cocaine]

The pilot managed to make an emergency landing after circling over the sea to get rid of fuel.

theyve changed it, panic over :rolleyes: