Final Report Engine Fire B777-300ER (9V-SWB), Singapore, 27 June 2016

Final Report Engine Fire B777-300ER (9V-SWB), Singapore, 27 June 2016

Publication info
Author
TSIB (Singapore)
Category
Airworthiness Fire Smoke and Fumes Human Factors
Date of publication
27/02/2017

On 27 June 2016, a Boeing 777-300ER powered by GE90-115B engines returned to Singapore when what was initially identified as a suspected right engine oil quantity indication problem evidenced other abnormal symptoms relating to the same engine. The engine caught fire on landing. The substantial fire was quickly contained and an emergency evacuation was not performed. The cause of the low oil quantity indication and the fire was a failure of the right engine Main Fuel Oil Heat Exchanger which had resulted in lubrication of the whole of the affected engine by a mix of jet fuel and oil.

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