PIA's brand new 777 have engine trouble

[awasi]

Looks like PIA woes continues. Anyone else have more info.

Atif...

==============================================


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: A Pakistan-bound passenger jet from the country's national airline returned to Toronto with engine trouble shortly after taking off from the Canadian city on Wednesday, airline officials and a news report said.

The Pakistan International Airlines direct flight, bound for the eastern city of Lahore, landed back in Toronto after one of its engines began malfunctioning, said Chaudhry Mohammed Bashir, a spokesman for the airline.

The engine of the plane began vibrating as it climbed, the Associated Press of Pakistan said, quoting a news release from the airline.

The PIA Boeing 777-200 jet was carrying 200 passengers and 10 crew members, Bashir said.

The aircraft safely returned to Toronto after about one hour into its flight, an official in PIA's engineering department said on condition of anonymity because he did not have the authority to make media comments.
Today in Asia - Pacific
Indecisive Thai cabinet losing support on economy
Hu is urged to cede his position to the vice president
Bracing for a rise in bird flu this winter
Click here to find out more!

The engine No. 1 of the plane was "badly" damaged and must be replaced, he said.

The plane is expected to take off from Toronto on Thursday and its Pakistan-bound passengers have been accommodated in hotels, Bashir said.

The fan of engine No. 1 malfunctioned and "damaged the acoustic panels," causing postponement of the flight, APP quoted the PIA news release as saying.

PIA authorities will investigate what caused the trouble, the report said.

[umar744]

hello salam
my friend capt.aamir kamal chief pilot 777 and capt.gabol flew pk790 AP-BGY still in YYZ and hope replace new engine inshallah.
engine trouble same time my shower mixer tap wall burst leak and called emergency plumber fixed replaced new pipe and new shower mixer wall tap ha ha ha.
happy smile
love best wishes
umar

[Adnan Anwar]

Engine troubles happens even to the best of all airlines. YOu cannot point fingers without knowing. Second, it si a machine you are talking about you cannot gaurantee anything 100%.

[Abbas Ali]

PIA flight delayed due to technical problem

ISLAMABAD: A PIA flight PK-790, a direct flight from Toronto to Lahore, landed back on Wednesday after take-off when it experienced number one engine vibration. It was pertinent to mention that delay was due to the manufacturing of a fan blade on engine number one that damaged the acoustic panels and was now being replaced. On the other hand, PIA had declared a night stop and the passengers were being looked after and provided hotel accommodation for the duration of delay.

Source: The News

[DEZI]

Engine troubles happens even to the best of all airlines. YOu cannot point fingers without knowing. Second, it si a machine you are talking about you cannot gaurantee anything 100%.

A brand new plane induction is therefore, no guarantee for achieving a marvellous turn around .QED.

[Adnan Anwar]

The very first 777-300ER delivered, and operated by Air France on its second flight developed engine trouble over siberia a while back . The backup plane sent with a new spare engine was a 777-300ER also.

I will find the photo news report again and the photo as well soon.

[Abbas Ali]

The very first 777-300ER delivered, and operated by Air France on its second flight developed engine trouble over siberia a while back . The backup plane sent with a new spare engine was a 777-300ER also.

I will find the photo news report again and the photo as well soon.

Adnan, the Air France aircraft was B777-200ER and its GE90 replacement engine was flown to Irkutsk, Siberia, by a Volga Dnepr Antonov An-124. The huge GE90 in assembled form cannot fit in cargo hold of a B777. Passengers of the stranded Air France Boeing 777 were flown from Irkutsk to Moscow by an Il-86 of Aeroflot.

Related Link: GE strives to identify Air France engine fault

[zerbaer]

DAWN 18-1-07 Letter...

Delayed flight from Toronto


PIA’s flight from Toronto PK 790 arrived in Lahore at 10am on Jan 13 instead of Jan 10 at its scheduled arrival time of 5 pm. When PIA bought Boeing 777 Long Range aircraft there was a lot of jubilations as if from now on things will change for the better.

This plane took off from Toronto airport only to land back in an emergency with severe engine damage. An engine failure is a serious problem which becomes more precarious on a two-engine aircraft.

These aircraft are hardly a year old. Yet there have been so many incidents from the date the first Boeing 777 ER was inducted. We have still not digested the frequent fires on 777 landing gears.

It seems PIA is not geared to handle new technology aircraft, or it points to bad managerial decision in training personnel and selection of individuals. PIA passengers’ confidence in new aircraft is shattered. A 60-hour delay is too long and very inconvenient to passengers travelling with families.

There was also this embarrassing controversy about the crew, which was telecast on Toronto local television. It is time to overhaul PIA’s maintenance, so that such failures do not occur on new aircraft. Mere denials will not resolve what is an evident lapse.

T. G. HASSAN
Mississauga, Canada

[Jacobin777]

DAWN 18-1-07 Letter...

Delayed flight from Toronto



This plane took off from Toronto airport only to land back in an emergency with severe engine damage. An engine failure is a serious problem which becomes more precarious on a two-engine aircraft.

It seems PIA is not geared to handle new technology aircraft, or it points to bad managerial decision in training personnel and selection of individuals. PIA passengers’ confidence in new aircraft is shattered. A 60-hour delay is too long and very inconvenient to passengers travelling with families.

There was also this embarrassing controversy about the crew, which was telecast on Toronto local television. It is time to overhaul PIA’s maintenance, so that such failures do not occur on new aircraft. Mere denials will not resolve what is an evident lapse.

T. G. HASSAN
Mississauga, Canada

An engine failure is no more as serious on a twin as it is on a quad...be it a B777 or an A330......

Statistics has shown this to be true.....

Regarding the personnel, I agree..PK needs to hire and retain good employees.....

[TAILWIND]

Zerbaer Wrote

......There was also this embarrassing controversy about the crew, which was telecast on Toronto local television.......

Can anyone throw some light what that controversy was??????/

[atmalik]

Zerbaer Wrote

......There was also this embarrassing controversy about the crew, which was telecast on Toronto local television.......

Can anyone throw some light what that controversy was??????/

Id like to know to whatthe contorversy was??

[DEZI]

Zerbaer Wrote

......There was also this embarrassing controversy about the crew, which was telecast on Toronto local television.......

Can anyone throw some light what that controversy was??????/

Id like to know to whatthe contorversy was??

The controversy was .. Why was the operating crew intoxicated prior to operating a flight?