Air China Flight 818
 B-2035, seen in "Smiling China" livery | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 17 September 2019 |
| Summary | Uncontained engine failure |
| Site | near the Washington Dulles International Airport |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 777-300ER |
| Operator | Air China |
| Registration | B-2035 |
| Flight origin | Washington Dulles International Airport, Washington, United States |
| Destination | Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing, China |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 219 (all) |
Air China Flight 818 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Washington Dulles International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport. On 17 September 2019, a Boeing 777-300ER, operating the flight, suffered a fire in the engine while climbing on departure from Washington. All 219 people on board survived the accident, and the aircraft safely landed at Washington Dulles International Airport.
Aircraft[edit]
The aircraft was a Boeing 777-300ER. It was produced in 2012. and delivered new to Air China. It is powered by two GE90-115Bs engines and painted in "Smiling China" livery.
Accident[edit]
Air China Flight 818 took off from Washington Dulles International Airport at 16:39 EDT. The flight initially headed north, until it reached 1,500 feet. Then, three minutes into the flight, air traffic control informed the flight about the fire in the No.1 engine, possibly from a bird strike. The Flight 818 pilots immediately confirmed they have lost some thrust in the same engine. It was reported that the No.1 engine was repeatedly emitting bangs and streaks of flame. The crew requested climbing at the runway heading, and they were cleared to 3,000 feet.
The flight then turned to the east, at heading 190, but it was reaching its altitude so slowly that departure became concerned with terrain 10 nm ahead of the aircraft instructing the flight, still at 1600 feet, to climb to 4000 feet. The crew explained they were so heavy with 120 tons of fuel they were climbing very slowly. Departure then changed strategy, instructed the aircraft to turn right over open terrain and maintain 2000 feet.
After the turn had been completed the crew assured there was no engine fire, they had just lost some of the thrust from the left hand engine and requested to dump fuel, was cleared to climb to 6000 feet and heading to the south, dumped fuel and returned to Washington for a safe landing on runway 01R about one hour after departure, at 17:54 EDT.[1][2]
Previous problems with the same engines[edit]
FAA adopted an airworthless directive (AD) for the GE engines in 2009. and it orders the airlines who are using the planes with GE engines to inspect their engine blades after reporting a single-blades separation incidents. The AD states: "we are issuing this AD to prevent failure of stage 6 LPT blades, which could result in uncontained engine failure and damage to the airplane."
Previous similar accident[edit]
On June 27, 2016 the same type of the aircraft (Boeing 777-300ER), with the same engines (two GE90-115Bs), Singapore Airlines Flight 368, experienced an uncontained engine failure, but the crew managed to take the aircraft back to Singapore-Changi International Airport with no casualties.
See also[edit]
- Singapore Airlines Flight 368, very similar accident from 2016.
- List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
References[edit]
- ↑ "Air China Boeing 777 Engine Fire Prompts Emergency Landing In Washington". Simple Flying. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
- ↑ http://avherald.com/h?article=4ccfafd6
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