Aer Lingus Emergency Orlando (Mayday)

ATC tape of Aer Lingus 'Mayday' at Orlando Airport. May 13th 2010 2230Z.


An Aer Lingus Airbus A330-200, registration EI-LAX performing flight EI-120 from Orlando,FL (USA) to Dublin (Ireland) with 245 passengers and 11 crew, had just departed runway 18L when the crew declared emergency reporting their left hand engine (CF6) had failed due to a massive loss of oil. The airplane levelled off at 2000 feet initially then climbed to 3000 feet for a left hand traffic pattern and landed safely back on runway 18R 25 minutes after takeoff, vacated the runway, fire services inspected the left hand engine on the taxiway and found everything normal except for the engine not running, the airplane taxied to the gate.

Runway 18L was closed for about 25 minutes to conduct a runway inspection following the departure.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Aer Lingus
• KMCO
• Orlando Airport
• Dublin Airport
• Mayday
• Close call
• A330
• Florida
• flying
• airplane
• ATC
• emergency landing
• engine failure

[airplanes66]

@sandercamillo its standard procedure so whillst it sounds slightly stupid it ensures no misunderstanding.

[airplanes66]

@oldbloke01 whillst it wasnt the best thing to ask for the pilot is allowed once declaring a mayday to ignore and reject any controller instruction they want, its up to the conroller to acomodate a emergancy around it not the other way round.

[mutestyles]

pilot mayday mayday mayday.... ATC are you declaring an emergency....... No its a fine May day.. heres your sign

[sandercamillo]

I do worry about the controller who after hearing "Mayday, mayday, mayday, engine failure" feels the need to ask if they are declaring an emergency.

[oldbloke01]

I wasn't impressed with air traffic asking the Shamrock to climb to 3,000 because of conflicting traffic when air traffic knew of the engine failure and after a Mayday had been called. Get the other traffic out of da way.

[missHollyBieber123]

how did i get here

[DickHead69able]

@bravobravo74 Okay, apology accepted.

I apologise if my initial comment came across as sarcastic and for any other upset caused.

[bravobravo74]

@DickHead69able I apologise.

[bravobravo74]

@DickHead69able I apologise if you were being sincere however it came across as being quite sarcastic. And yes, I did spell 'advice' incorrectly - we all make mistakes.

[DickHead69able]

@bravobravo74 Oh, and a bonus fourth piece:

4. Don't be an arrogant douche and apologise when you have been wrong and hypocritical.

I am sorry if you interpreted my initial comment as an insult, but maybe that says more about your communication skills and your insecurities than it does about me... !

Peace, "bravobravo74".