Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-343X make an Emergency Landing

May 16 - A Cathay Pacific flight en route to Jakarta returns to Singapore after one of its engines catches fire. Julie Noce reports.

Rolls-Royce Trent 700

The Rolls-Royce Trent 700 is a turbofan engine, developed from the RB211, and is the first variant of the family of Trent engines.

Design and development

When Airbus was planning its new twin-jet A330 in the late 1980s, Rolls-Royce at first proposed a version of the Trent 600 (known as the Trent 680) to power it. However, as the A330's design weight increased, it became clear that more thrust would be required and Rolls proposed the Trent 720, the first member of the Trent 700 series.
In April 1989, Cathay Pacific became the first customer to specify an Airbus aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce engines when it ordered ten A330s powered by the Trent 700. The following month TWA followed suit with an order for twenty A330s. Air Canada chose the engine for its fleet of 8 A330-300s.
The Trent 700 first ran in August 1990, and certification was achieved in January 1994. 90 minutes ETOPS approval was achieved in March 1995, and this was extended to 120 minutes in December 1995 and 180 minutes in May 1996.[1]
By introducing enhancements derived from later members of the Trent engine family, Rolls-Royce claim that the Trent 700 has the lowest life cycle fuel burn, as well as being the quietest and cleanest engine available on the A330. Cathay Pacific is the largest operator, with 31 Trent 700-powered A330s. Rolls received orders for 140 of the type during the Paris Air Show in June 2007. The Trent 700 was the 3rd to market on the A330 (after GE and PW) and has captured a 55% market share as of early 2010.[2]

Airbus A330

The Airbus A330 is a large-capacity, wide-body, twin-engine, medium- to long-range commercial passenger jet airliner. With a variant-dependent range of 7,400 to 13,430 kilometres (4,000 to 7,250 nmi), it can accommodate up to 335 passengers in a two-class layout, or carry 70 tonnes (150,000 lb) of cargo. Originally developed by Airbus Industrie,[Nb 1] the A330 is manufactured at Toulouse, France.
Airbus began studying derivatives of its A300 in the 1970s before moving to larger designs and launching the A330 and A340 in June 1987. The A330 was developed in parallel with the four-engine Airbus A340, with which it shares common airframe components, and incorporates fly-by-wire technology originally introduced by Airbus on the A320. The company also decided that the A330 and A340 would share a common cockpit with the A320 while it was the first Airbus airliner with three engine types available: the General Electric CF6, Pratt & Whitney PW4000 and Rolls-Royce Trent 700. After its inaugural flight on 2 November 1992, the A330-300 became the first A330 passenger variant to enter commercial service with Air Inter in 1994. Due to dwindling sales, Airbus followed up with the slightly shorter, but more popular -200 variant in 1998. Airbus has also developed a dedicated freighter and two tanker variants, the A330 MRTT and the proposed KC-45, the latter in conjunction with Northrop Grumman.
Since its launch, the A330 has allowed Airbus to expand its market share in wide-body airliner sales. Airlines have selected the A330 as a replacement for less economical trijet airliners, and to compete with rival twinjet aircraft. Boeing has offered variants of the 767 and 777 as competitors, and is expected to begin deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner in late 2011. Airbus's A350 will also share this wide-body airliner market. As of April 2011 the A330's order book stood at 1,122, of which 780 had been delivered. The largest operator is Delta Air Lines with 32 aircraft. -Aeroplanemaniac1-

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[RicwinAndrianModeV1]

Wow.. They are so luck to make it back alive. If I was in that plane, I would be extra panic! Congrats on your 1000+ views by the way! ( Sok Inggris gw.. wkakakkaaa.. xDD )

[aeroplanemaniac1]

@RicwinAndrianModeV1 wakakakak thx btw ! :D

[pcuser1541]

All Rolls-Royce engines are unreliable!!!

[KidKlassic91]

such a beautiful aircraft , i wonder where i can find the incident report , i want to know what went wrong

[ikolkyo967]

Even though its not a problem with the plane I WILL ALWAYS FLY BOEING

[trent8002003]

Didn't know CX still flew to Jakarta from Singapore.

[Rami358able]

WHAT! my favorite plane is the Airbus A330-343X! this is the first A330-343X made an emergency landing! none of the other A330-343X are like that!!!! :( </3 ;,,(

[dowalec914]

that sad for them



[EpicThe112]

Yeah even Korean air A330s are not affect by this because they have Pratt and Whitney engines 

[DMAFfaithfulN00B]

@Cathaydude hope so

[clementk429]

CX pilot did a GREAT job!!!