By Harry Suhartono plus Alison Leung
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG Mon May 16, 2011 12:09pm EDT
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - An investigation have been introduced after a Cathay Pacific jetliner built when you need it obtaining around Singapore by using an engine trouble on Monday.
Terrified persons prayed collectively seeing that their particular aircraft, probably their applications well on fire, made its way again to be able to safety, some sort of Reuters witness said.
Cathay Pacific Airways (0293.HK) reported the Airbus (EAD.PA) A330, chained pertaining to Jakarta together with 136 persons on board, arrived backside within Singapore "without incident" just previous to a couple of a.m. It explained your team turn off the engine soon after finding some sort of "stall warning".
The Hong Kong-based aircarrier stated that it and motor manufacturer Rolls-Royce (RR.L) were looking into the actual incident.
Rolls-Royce and European planemaker Airbus (EAD.PA) together claimed they might support the investigation, which usually arrives six weeks soon after a much more dramatic Rolls-Royce motor blowout forced your Qantas (QAN.AX) A380 to flip back for you to Singapore.
Reuters photographer Beawiharta ended up being aboard the Cathay Pacific airplane with his wife, a pair of sons and also daughter.
About thirty minutes once take-off, there are a pair of sharpened bangs, sending log cabin team scurrying to retrieve the actual meals many people acquired only just begun serving.
The aeroplanes started out shaking violently, he said, as well as lamps resolved to go out. He could odor something burning.
His son, Pradipta, 15, reported he may possibly notice fire with the log cabin window in addition to Beawiharta said a stewardess "told us an serp acquired grabbed fire plus we were on each of our approach backside to Singapore".
"Behind us, passengers were praying: 'God, help save each of our flight! Give all of us your protection!'," the particular professional photographer said.
"RARE EVENT"
The Cathay aeroplanes has been powered through Rolls-Royce's Trent 700 engines, which have been created specifically to get Airbus' (EAD.PA) A330 family plus taken the actual lion's discuss of that marketplace before about three years.
"We're informed with the event and they are being employed closely with your buyer to produce help as well as specialised assistance," your Rolls-Royce spokesman said.
A spokesman pertaining to Airbus said it'd "provide every assistance to the air fare as well as Rolls-Royce so as to determine the reason for this incident".
An uncontained motor disappointment as well as blow-out in a very Rolls-Royce Trent nine hundred engine forced a new Qantas Airbus A380 for making an crisis obtaining in Singapore previous November and caused the particular non permanent grounding on the Australian carrier's A380 fleet.
Singapore's Air Accident Investigation Bureau is definitely supposed to guide your probe into the Cathay Pacific incident.
Safety qualified Paul Hayes at Ascend Aviation said uncontained engine fires have been rare, while were uncontained motor failures. But he or she claimed ?t had been also earlier to express to coming from find reports to be able to what scope any kind of flames were being stored underneath control.
Cathay reported the actual crew experienced de-activate your affected engine whenever some people obtained the tell you of a possible malfunction, but you'll find it stated sparks ended up described with the identical engine immediately after your aeroplanes had ceased about the taxiway.
Firefighters were found dousing the serp because persons disembarked.
In a new waiting room, the actual pilot approached assembled passengers.
"The best that we can certainly at any time ask connected with voyagers could be to stay cool, reside calm . that you did," this individual said. "And for the many of us thank you." (Additional reporting through Alex Richardson along with Alison Williams )
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