Not always, if the engines are seriously damaged and the whole thing seizes then no thrust is produced anymore to backfire (surge). ATC would see it happen though and there would be bird debris on the runway so it would be obvious. Engines and their casings are designed to cope with this but a birdstrike resulting in a blade failure is a very violent event. I've not heard of anything or seen any evidence of this in the videos though.
Not always, if the engines are seriously damaged and the whole thing seizes then no thrust is produced anymore to backfire (surge). ATC would also see it happen and there would be bird debris on the runway so it would be obvious. Engines and their casings are designed to cope with this but a blade failure is a very violent event. I've not read of anything like this or seen any damage or impact in the videos though.
Fuel contamination is a possibility and that would prove that the decision to open the airport just 3hrs later was absolutely crazy. There is also the possibility of some form of sabotage but who knows.
There was an instance of something like this with BA38 which crashed short of the runway when landing at Heathrow due to loss of thrust. This was caused by iced fuel clogging a heat exchanger (fuel is used to cool oil) and then fuel couldn't get to the engines. This won't be the case here but if a major mechanical failure isn't the problem then my money would be on some fuel problem barring a crazy mishap from the pilots.
The timing of the BA38 crash was a miracle in itself.
The flight recorders will tell all, so no point speculating.
There's speculation everywhere, it's all pointless and tedious.
Of course — just asking IF it’s a possibility; i.e. can an electrical failure be connected to or cause a loss of thrust — rather than presuming that’s the cause.
The 787 has two batteries to support critical systems such as the flight computers and engine digital controls if power is lost. They are charged automatically whenever power is available on the ground or inflight so they can always provide emergency power if needed.
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Not sure exactly what emergency systems are powered from the DC bus on the 787. Likely an auxiliary hyd pump and/or electric actuators for some or all of the control surfaces. There will also be a reversionary mode for the flying controls which cuts away some of the more complex systems and provides limited instruments and flying controls. There would have been more than enough in the batteries for the length of the flight.
Same here. Wont fly, or try not to. I have watched too many of those documentaries to bring me to the conclusion that there are people who dont know what they are doing in all walks of life including Airline pilots, engineers, manufacturers, etc.
I watch many of these Air Crash Investigation programmes and YouTube Pilots views on them. It gives me more confidence to fly due to the forensic investigations and sbsequent adoptions of improvements both to equipment, procedures and training. Thus it is by far the safest form of transport.