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posted by martyb on Sunday February 02 2020, @07:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the I'll-drink-to-that dept.

A350 engine shutdown incidents linked to cockpit drink spills

Airbus and Rolls-Royce are investigating two incidents in which A350s experienced uncommanded in-flight engine shutdown after drinks were spilled on controls situated on the cockpit centre pedestal.

FlightGlobal understands that the airframer is to discuss the matter with operators on 30 January, and will issue a transmission on recommended practices for handling beverages on the flightdeck.

One of the incidents involved a Delta Air Lines A350-900 en route to Seoul on 21 January, which diverted to Fairbanks after its right-hand Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine shut down, while a similar event occurred to another carrier in November last year.

[...] The previous incident, on 9 November 2019, occurred about 1h after tea was spilled on the centre pedestal, FlightGlobal understands.

Apparently, waterproofing keys is against the spirit of Airbus engineering as membranes cost way too much.


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    by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Monday February 03 2020, @02:22AM (#952972) Homepage Journal

    There are words that mean what he seems to mean by the word "Jew", but "Jew" doesn't seem to be one of them.

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