A China Eastern Airbus A330 departing Sydney for Shanghai last Sunday experienced an engine problem during initial climb out from Runway 34 Left. The Rolls-Royce Trent 700 series-powered Airbus leveled off at 5,000 feet so the crew could shut down the left engine after a power plant fault appeared. Passengers on the left side of the aircraft near the engine later reported hearing odd noises just before something unknown at the time happened near the inboard side of the left engine. They also smelled something burning, although they were unable to immediately identify the source. The engine never caught fire and no one was injured in the incident.
Airbus A330 Engine Cowl Blows Out on Takeoff from Sydney
Key Takeaways:
- A China Eastern Airbus A330 departing Sydney experienced a left engine problem during initial climb, requiring the crew to shut it down and return to Sydney safely.
- Passengers reported odd noises and a burning smell, and a post-flight inspection revealed a large section of the engine's forward inboard cowling had blown out, though there was no fire or injuries.
- This incident appears similar to a recent event involving another Trent-powered aircraft in Cairo.
- The failures are potentially linked to earlier EASA airworthiness directives (2011, 2016) regarding weaknesses in the air intake cowling structures of Trent engines.
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