SAS MD-80 evacuates at CPH with Norwegian Royal Family onboa

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SAS MD-80 evacuates at CPH with Norwegian Royal Family onboa

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Sunday 5 Febr, 2012: SAS Scandinavian MD-80 suffered engines problems this morning and returned to CPH for landing and evacuation. Norwegian Crown Prince & Princess onboard. HRH Princess M. tweeted after landing "Ok, my morning turned out a bit more exciting than expected.. Phew.. #still not entirely over flightphobia»

http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/kron ... d=10077771
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http://avherald.com/h?article=44a63857&opt=0 for more details and a pic of the escape slides...
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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http://avherald.com/h?article=44a63857/0000&opt=0 got updated today with two very interesting photos!

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The Danish Havarikommission (HCL) released a brief preliminary report stating, that the aircraft was accelerating for takeoff on runway 22L when the crew heard a loud sound, observed the left hand engine instruments showing an engine problem and rejected takeoff at about 40 knots.

Smoke became apparent in cockpit and cabin at that time. The left hand engine was immediately shut down.

The smoke detectors in the cabin issue smoke alerts.

The presence of smoke in the cabin after stand still and the continuing smoke detector alerts prompted the commander to shut the right hand engine down and order the evacuation of the aircraft, that was completed in about 90 seconds.

The left hand engine's front accessory drive including the nose bullet had separated from the engine. Oil was found in the engine's hot section and exhaust.

Further checks found the front accessory drive's support lugs fractured, the bolts and remains of the 15 lugs were found in the bearing housing flange. Preliminary laboratory examination determined 14 of the 15 lugs fractured due to to fatigue, the 15th was an overload fracture.

The HCL analyzed that engine oil in the hot section will cause smoke in the cabin through the air conditioning system.

The front accessory drive had been removed from the engine in December 2011 in connection with an inlet fan replacement, a vibration check following re-installation went without issues.

The separated front accessory drive and bullet (Photo: HCL)
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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