777 emergency

[Jimbo]

Anyone heard of the 777 at Manchester that caught fire? Have a look, here it is;



http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050301/344/fdhqi.html

Thanks, i hope all the people on that flight were safe an well!

James

[Craig.]

So the brakes overheated and caught fire (if that) Other media reports suggest it was just smoke from the brakes overheating. Its once again blown out of proportion by the news savvy media. No doubt the fire engines were there in a couple of minutes and it would have been sorted out quickly. Incidentally PIA 777's seem to have the problem on a regular basis, i dont know what their training tells them, but it needs to be looked at.

[Chris E]

yeah, i had a engine fire while flying in a A319, out of Ohare, and it wasnt anything really, just a bird that ignited on takeoff and just had to fly back in, that seems a bit out of proportion, i am not a pilot, want to be, but we smelled smoke and people saw fire, nothing big really happened, i personally feel another fire

from what i got out of it, it looked as if no one was really injured, maybe someone fell off the slide, but that looks like about it, so i could see it being bigger news if someone was hurt, but didnt look like any major injuries, so i think it was blown up a bit

[Saratoga]

From my sources:

PIA has had this problem before, their maintenance guys (who by their record are truly top notch) have accidentally used the wrong type of brake fluid which could catch fire when the struts in the gear flexed on landing or takeoff or just during loading.

The good news is they are phasing that fluid out, so my thoughts are they used it again, which caused it to catch fire, nothing too major, quickly burns itself out, NO threat to the airplane at all. The fire doesn't have a way to reach any other structure on the 777, everything is isolated.

[Ace_777]

GULP!. I'm flying out on PIA in 2 weeks

[Saratoga]

Well nothing to worry about ACE. With the exception of this (they did a check on all their landing gear and found no other problems after this incident) PIA has an absolutely outstanding safety record. Especially on their heavies. Any idea what you are flying?

[Craig.]

and where are ya flying from?