Engine Problem? Options

[Im tha king]

Here is a video of a Il-96 that belongs to the Russian State Transport Company. The captions says there was a problem with the "outside left engine", however I can't find it. It needs to be more specific, however I did see some blurred smoke at towards the end of the video.

http://flightlevel350.com/viewer.php?id=661

By the way, the plane is so hot!

Best Regards,
Gimme that

[Fluffdoc]

It could have been something like the engine not reaching takeoff power or an overtemp. Or maybe the captain just remembered he left the keys in his car.

[Guppyman]

Fluffdoc is right on this one. Just because the engine didn't fall off the wing and drop to the runway doesn't mean there wasn't something wrong. It could have been failure to produce full power. It might have been a warning light that came on a few seconds into takeoff. Or one of the gauges might have produced a faulty reading, real or fake. Impossible to tell just from looking. Russian planes just don't have the same reliability as western-built planes, so anything is possible. But this isn't an unheard-of scenario in western-built airplanes as well. I'm just glad they caught the problem while they still had adequate runway in front of them. It could have been worse.

[Intergalactic]

Fluffdoc is right on this one. Just because the engine didn't fall off the wing and drop to the runway doesn't mean there wasn't something wrong. It could have been failure to produce full power. It might have been a warning light that came on a few seconds into takeoff. Or one of the gauges might have produced a faulty reading, real or fake. Impossible to tell just from looking. Russian planes just don't have the same reliability as western-built planes, so anything is possible. But this isn't an unheard-of scenario in western-built airplanes as well. I'm just glad they caught the problem while they still had adequate runway in front of them. It could have been worse.

Yes, I agree also. Or the plane could of had an engine burnout. You never know!

[Swagman1]

Here is a video of a Il-96 that belongs to the Russian State Transport Company. The captions says there was a problem with the "outside left engine", however I can't find it.

Can't find it? That could be the problem "Err Cap'n That No 4 engine we used to have...well it's vanished..."

[Daniel2986]

Here is a video of a Il-96 that belongs to the Russian State Transport Company. The captions says there was a problem with the "outside left engine", however I can't find it.

Can't find it? That could be the problem "Err Cap'n That No 4 engine we used to have...well it's vanished..."

Haha. The caption did read "look closer" though, as if to suggest the videographer spotted something...I myself didn't see anything. I wonder what he was referring to?

-Daniel

[Skywest08]

Fluffdoc is right on this one. Just because the engine didn't fall off the wing and drop to the runway doesn't mean there wasn't something wrong. It could have been failure to produce full power. It might have been a warning light that came on a few seconds into takeoff. Or one of the gauges might have produced a faulty reading, real or fake. Impossible to tell just from looking. Russian planes just don't have the same reliability as western-built planes, so anything is possible. But this isn't an unheard-of scenario in western-built airplanes as well. I'm just glad they caught the problem while they still had adequate runway in front of them. It could have been worse.

Yes, I agree also. Or the plane could of had an engine burnout. You never know!

I agree completely. In June 2001 I was on a CRJ, and on the take off roll, the captain cut the power and hit the brakes. It pretty much felt like slowing down after touch down. His explination was that the computer said there was something wrong. They reset it, taxied back to the end of the runway, then took off. About a 10 min delay.

[Im tha king]

I know what the problem was.
If you examine the plane more carefully, you can see a small black bird flying across and then suddenly disappeared. The bird was sucked into the engines which is shown here:

When aborting, like I said a huge thick smoke appeared at the end.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0681064/L/

Before the abort
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0680341/L/

Best Regards,
Gimme that