I am the original poster, not MXSMANIC and since I have blocked his posts, some of the thread might be as well.

We were cruising and the flames were well behind the engine, sort of like a small afterburner effect. We flew on without incident. I always wondered what the difference between "running rich" and ENGINE FIRE! might be.

On another AJ flight, the passenger beside me left his seat about the same time the FA was giving her speil about the life vest under the seat. I felt under my seat and found only an empty pocket. I rang the FA and told her that I had no life vest. She said "No problem" and pulled the one out from the temporarily vacant seat next to mine and put it under my seat!





Google Plex wrote:

MXSMANIC wrote:



I was flying in an Air Jamaica jet many years ago and while cruising
noticed large reddish flames from the exhaust of the Rolls Royce engine.
How "normal" would that be?


It depends on the exact conditions. Were you cruising? Climbing?
Descending? What altitude? How did the engine sound? How long did the
flames last, and what did they look like, exactly?



Under which of these conditions, exactly, would large reddish flames from the
exhaust of a Rolls Royce engine be 'normal'?




Normally visible flames don't extend beyond the engine, although if you look
directly into the exhaust of a jet engine you may well be able to see glowing
internal parts.



That's rather difficult to do from inside the plane.




High-performance engines may glow externally as well. And of
course afterburners can produce long flames that extend well beyond the
engine. And so on.



Does Air Jamaica use afterburners?




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