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| Title: | Engine failure on takeoff, Boeing 747-436, G-BNLG (Recommended) |
| Micro summary: | This Boeing 747-436 experienced an engine failure near the start of flight. The crew opted to continue to destination. |
| Event Date: | 2005-02-20 |
| File Name: | 2005-02-20-UK.pdf |
| Publishing Agency: | Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) |
| Publishing Country: | United Kingdom |
| Report number: | EW/C2005/02/04 |
| Pages: | 22 |
| Site of event: | Takeoff, runway 23 |
| Departure: | Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Destination: | Birmingham International Airport, West Midlands, England |
| Airplane Type(s): | Boeing 747-436 |
| Flight Phase: | Takeoff |
| Registration(s): | G-BNLG |
| Operator(s): | British Airways |
| Type of flight: | Revenue |
| Occupants: | 370 |
| Fatalities: | 0 |
| Serious Injuries: | 0 |
| Minor/Non-Injured: | 370 |
| Other Injuries: | 0 |
| Executive Summary: | Immediately after the aircraft took off on a night flight from Los Angeles to London, a banging sound was heard and passengers and ATC reported seeing flames from the No 2 engine. The symptoms and resultant turbine over-temperature were consistent with an engine surge; the crew completed the appropriate checklist, which led to the engine being shut down. After assessing the situation, and in accordance with approved policy, the commander decided to continue the flight as planned rather than jettison fuel and return to Los Angeles. Having reached the east coast of the USA with no indications of further abnormality and with adequate predicted arrival fuel, the crew decided to continue to the UK. The winds and available flight levels were subsequently less favourable than anticipated and, nearing the UK, the crew decided to divert to Manchester in order to maintain the required arrival fuel reserve. |
| Learning Keywords: | Operations - Bang, pop, crack, sizzle! |
| Systems - Engine - Compressor surge/stall | |
| Systems - Engine - Contained Engine Failure |
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