UPS engine fire on departure from HKG/Overweight landing

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  1. Sluggo63

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    UPS 747-8 engine fire on departure from HKG/VHHH. Apparently blew both bottles into the engine and fire persisted. Return for overweight landing (~150,000 lbs over MLW).

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    That looks expensive.
     
    Tarheelpilot, Jul 22, 2021
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    It won’t be cheap, that’s for sure!
     
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    Does the plane need all kinds of special inspections and sign offs related to the overweight landing?
     
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    Yep. It will be there for a while.

    An engine change as well as two new seat cushions.
     
    Doc Holliday, Jul 23, 2021
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    That thing was probably going to SDF, so you might want to add two more seat cushions to the order.

    As far as inspections, I bet they’ll pull the FDR and see what the VV and G loading was at touchdown and if it was within limits for that weight, the other inspections won’t take that long.
     
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    Long shot, but was Kelly L. the Captain? We were co-workers at a previous airline.
     
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    I don't know. I don't work for Big Brown, but their Purple cousins.
     
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