Terrifying

sherb

But not so terrifying that people felt the need to stay in their seats. There's people walking around. . .

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/06/25/watch_airasia_x_flight_shake_like_washing_machine_due_to_engine_problem.html

George K

I'm guessing that the next time this happens the airline will add a surcharge fee for the "D-Box Experience".

Shawn C.

Or a surcharge to steam clean the seats.

Buffco

The pilot asked the passengers to pray? That's the next to LAST thing I want to hear from a pilot, second to, "Oh my God we're all going to die!"

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sherb

That's when I drink all the alcohol on the plane.

Buffco

I'd ask a pretty flight attendant if she wanted to feel like a woman one last time. When she says yes, I take off my shirt and say, "Here. Iron this."

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Steven

Buffy will be here all week. Try the veal.

I've been on one flight (thankfully only one), where I texted my wife...hoping the message would be sent on the way down.

sherb

what happened?

FishTX

You can get the same experience in the bed of cheap motel and it'll only cost you a quarter.

sherb

So, you plane gurus, what's your best guess for the cause? I would say seized up engine, but why not just shut it down?

Steven

sherb wrote: »

what happened?

I lived.
What the hell do you think happened? Nothing.

sherb

Steven wrote: »

I lived.
What the hell do you think happened? Nothing.

Sorry, your post made it sound like the plane was in a nosedive into a large mountain and the pilot managed to restart the engines just in the nick of time.

ricinus

Steven wrote: »

I lived.
What the hell do you think happened? Nothing.

What kind of chickenshit story is this? We need Hextall back..

Mike

Steven

No...nothing that crap your pants scary. It was soon after takeoff from O'Hare. It was a serious engine problem that began soon after take-off, but can't remember anymore what.

We landed back at O'Hare, hard, with all the fire engines trailing after us.

Steven

ricinus wrote: »

What kind of chickenshit story is this? We need Hextall back..

Mike

It was almost as scary as being sick at Toronto General. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?

ricinus

Steven wrote: »

It was almost as scary as being sick at Toronto General. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?

Is your middle name Eugene?

Mike

FishTX

sherb wrote: »

So, you plane gurus, what's your best guess for the cause? I would say seized up engine, but why not just shut it down?

Could be seizure. Compressor or turbine seizes, but relative wind tries to make the fan windmill. The fan is fighting the stuck parts.

Buffco

sherb wrote: »

So, you plane gurus, what's your best guess for the cause? I would say seized up engine, but why not just shut it down?

I'm no rotary jet engine mechanic, but....

Better to fly with two engines rather then one? It sounds like a "simple" out of balance situation. If it was still producing power and not in danger of over heating, my guess is the pilot would run it until the oil got so hot it was a fire danger.

Plus, a plane may have to dump fuel in order to land when under powered, they may have been close enough to the runway to make it and not really be high enough for the fuel to disperse in the atmosphere.

I'm sure the pilot had his finger on the "kill fuel" switch the whole time.

Buffco

FishTX wrote: »

Could be seizure. Compressor or turbine seizes, but relative wind tries to make the fan windmill. The fan is fighting the stuck parts.

Or this. Disregard everything I say.

MikeA

sherb wrote: »

So, you plane gurus, what's your best guess for the cause? I would say seized up engine, but why not just shut it down?

Shawn C.

Ha ha^^^

Yeah, maybe one or more of the compressor stages blew some fan blades. Maybe an engine mount broke? Maybe the fetzer valve ran out of 3-in-1 oil?
I work with a guy who was a jet engine wrench bender for 20 years so I will ask him tomorrow if I remember.