Help needed with pic

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I remember seeing (a couple of years ago, perhaps) a 747 of some
Chinese airline where the blades of one of the turbines was actually
immobilized using an assortment of bandage-like tapes. The pic was at
once a hilarious and scary. I remember now that I'd failed to save the
pic, which isn't smart.

If anyone knows what I'm referring to and remembers a URL for the pic,
I'd be glad for the information, thanks in advance.

Ramapriya

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Yep, that's the one :)
Thanks for the pix, mate :)

Ramapriya


Jim Macklin wrote:
> It was a Chinese airline. The engine was secured from rotation by the use of seat belt
> extenders. It had landed in Germany and the Germany's grounded the airplane.

[Jim Macklin]

It was a Chinese airline. The engine was secured from
rotation by the use of seat belt extenders. It had landed
in Germany and the Germany's grounded the airplane.

> wrote in message
ups.com...
|I remember seeing (a couple of years ago, perhaps) a 747 of
some
| Chinese airline where the blades of one of the turbines
was actually
| immobilized using an assortment of bandage-like tapes. The
pic was at
| once a hilarious and scary. I remember now that I'd failed
to save the
| pic, which isn't smart.
|
| If anyone knows what I'm referring to and remembers a URL
for the pic,
| I'd be glad for the information, thanks in advance.
|
| Ramapriya
|

[StudentPPSEL]

That same Air China 747 landed at CYVR for refueling enroute to Frankfurt
but the officials here didn't have the authority to hold the aircraft. Guess
the Germans did!.


> wrote in message
ups.com...
> Yep, that's the one :)
> Thanks for the pix, mate :)
>
> Ramapriya
>
>
> Jim Macklin wrote:
> > It was a Chinese airline. The engine was secured from rotation by the
use of seat belt
> > extenders. It had landed in Germany and the Germany's grounded the
airplane.
>

[Jim Macklin]

Your welcome.


> wrote in message
ups.com...
| Yep, that's the one :)
| Thanks for the pix, mate :)
|
| Ramapriya
|
|
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| > It was a Chinese airline. The engine was secured from
rotation by the use of seat belt
| > extenders. It had landed in Germany and the Germany's
grounded the airplane.
|

[Morgans[_3_]]

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> Yep, that's the one :)
> Thanks for the pix, mate :)

Where's the picture? I didn't see one, here? Is my ISP stripping again?
--
Jim in NC

[Jim Macklin]

I'm going to post them to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
Look for them there.




"Morgans" > wrote in message
...
|
| > wrote in message
|
ups.com...
| > Yep, that's the one :)
| > Thanks for the pix, mate :)
|
| Where's the picture? I didn't see one, here? Is my ISP
stripping again?
| --
| Jim in NC
|

[Jim Macklin]

3 pictures posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation just a
while ago.


"Morgans" > wrote in message
...
|
| > wrote in message
|
ups.com...
| > Yep, that's the one :)
| > Thanks for the pix, mate :)
|
| Where's the picture? I didn't see one, here? Is my ISP
stripping again?
| --
| Jim in NC
|

[Morgans[_3_]]

"Jim Macklin" > wrote in message
news:54%Eg.4436$SZ3.1490@dukeread04...
> 3 pictures posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation just a
> while ago.

Thanks.

Wow! What do you suppose did that much damage?
--
Jim in NC

[Jim Macklin]

Hail, rocks, big birds, disgruntled workers. I understand
they flew it a long way like that, it would not get to
normal cruise altitudes and the fuel flow was very high.
They made two or three unscheduled fuel stops before being
grounded. I read the story somewhere, but don't have the
link handy. If I find it again, I'll post it.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Morgans" > wrote in message
...
|
| "Jim Macklin" > wrote
in message
| news:54%Eg.4436$SZ3.1490@dukeread04...
| > 3 pictures posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation just
a
| > while ago.
|
| Thanks.
|
| Wow! What do you suppose did that much damage?
| --
| Jim in NC
|

[Jim Macklin]

I heard Chinese, but still looking for the story link.


"john smith" > wrote in message
...
| Was It a Western crew or Chinese?

[john smith]

Was It a Western crew or Chinese?

[James Robinson]

"Jim Macklin" > wrote:

> It was a Chinese airline. The engine was secured from
> rotation by the use of seat belt extenders. It had landed
> in Germany and the Germany's grounded the airplane.

Those weren't seat belt extenders, they were palette straps.

The pictures originally appeared about 5 years ago, and has been
embellished since then, which seems to be the pattern on internet.

The engine is shown sitting on an engine stand, and it would surprise me
that the straps were put on after the engine was removed from the aircraft.

Supposedly, the story does have a grain of truth in that the aircraft did
land in Frankfurt with the damaged engine.