On Sunday evening, the Swiss had to cancel the flight LX2027 from Madrid to Zurich on short notice. Was affected by the Airbus A220, that model, which had failed in recent months due to engine clamp several times and for a short period of time completely withdrawn from the market had to be. Also in this case, the engine was alleged to be the cause for the failure of the A220, like a passenger telling. The plane had already been fully occupied, as the captain called to an Oil leak on the engine the passengers to Disembark, reports a reader.
Because of the potential for oil Leaks between the components of the engine have been checked in October, all of the Airbus A220 the Swiss. The 29 machines no longer flew, dozens of flights had to be cancelled.
The Swiss confirmed the failure in Madrid, on request, with the engine the Problem had not do but to. It was found an oil Leak on the opening mechanism of the thrust reverser, such as Meike Fuhlrott, media spokeswoman for the airline says. “On the housing of the engine it is not given according to traces of Oil, but the engine itself, which was not affected here.”
So the thrust reverse The Video works, the functioning of an aircraft showing engine, with the reverse thrust at 0:55. Video: Youtube/Gecko nine
The Problem have yet to be able to on the same evening in Madrid will be fixed, and the plane flew back later without the need for passengers to Zurich. According to Flightradar24 started in the machine at 21:05 and arrived at 23:01 in Zurich.
The travellers had to spend the night for the most part in Madrid, as an individual is reported to be open. Just ten passengers were able to travel with Lufthansa via Frankfurt on late Sunday evening to Zurich. The rest seem to have been rebooked on flights on Monday and some of them with more than 18-hour delay in Zurich. It was planned the arrival of LX2027 on Sunday, at 17:35, some of the passengers were back on Monday at noon in Zurich.
engine range is not yet resolved
The Airbus A220 has yet to be determined what is the cause of the engine problems of the last months. Last manufacturer Airbus Canada and the canadian aviation safety authority have issued at the end of October is still a valid guide to action.
The Federal office for civil aviation (Foca) published statement revealed first clues as to the cause of the problems. The pilots are currently allowed to give at a height of 29’000 ft (8800 meters) to a maximum of 94 percent thrust. The automatic thrust control must be switched off.
get flights in high altitude at full thrust could lead to a failure of the engine, and damage to the aircraft, i.e. in the so-called airworthiness Directive. Also, the Turning on of the deicing system in about 35’000 feet (10’700 meters) height can lead to Overheating of the engine and set off the fire alarm, which leads to an abort of the flight.
The Swiss had already been introduced two weeks earlier, a flight height limit, and is not flying higher than 29’000 feet. On the basis of which findings the airline, the measures taken, not shared with you. A safe flight is ensured the operation, said Swiss Chef Thomas Klühr in an Interview. But it would be a better feeling when you know the exact cause already.
Oil leakage between the components
The Swiss had to send in December 2018, all of the engines of the A220 to Canada in the repair and replacement of engines to fly. In August 2019, a machine lost on the way to London via France engine parts and had to be in Paris between land. Other Airlines have had problems, in the case of Korean Air and Delta, respectively, an engine had to be shut down.
in mid-October, the Swiss groundete the entire fleet of C-Series, such as the A220 is also known. Because it could lead to Oil leakage between the components, had to be checked all the engines. After an inspection of the 29 aircraft were back in operation. The engines were in perfect condition, informed the Swiss at the time.
problems prior to delivery
The Swiss was the first customer of the C-Series, flies for 2016 with machines of this type. The 29 aircraft make up almost half of the Europe of the airline fleet. These originally come from the canadian company Bombardier, which has been selling its medium-haul jets, in the meantime, to Airbus. Therefore, the machine also received the Airbus nomenclature A220.
The engines are manufactured by the American manufacturer Pratt & Whitney. With these pre-delivery problems: in 2014, were blown off parts in the engine Tests, there were delays, and the Swiss got their flagship machine with a large delay. (anf/sda)
Created: 12.11.2019, 13:54 PM