Flames spitting from the A330 engine

What happens in this video ?

A few seconds after take-off from Zurich airport (in 2001), the left engine of this A330 flames out. This phenomenon happens when the fuel combustion can not be realised inside the engine (lack of oxygen, water ingestion …). The engine can shut down and must be restarted in flight.

Comments

DAVID
Tamil Nadu

(India)
i think any one of a bird touches the plane.
29th April, 2009
Dan
London

Definately compressor stall. NO way was it a flameout.. pretty good stuff though
22nd April, 2009
James
Mot

(New Zealand)
can't get the video to play so i can't comment sorry
27th March, 2009
Saibudeen
Kottaiyadiputhoor

(India)
Inside the turbine the cleaning people forget to remove some cleaning things.It makes the flame from the engine.
4th January, 2009
dylan
Newcastle

(Australia)
my question is the same as the first guy i been in a plane crash but it was not bad
21st December, 2007
dean
Knoxville

(U.s)
I can non get it to play on my computer.
8th December, 2007
Jules
Ipswich

(Uk)
Okay, do we are about the technical part errrrrrr... noooooooooooo, the engines on fire, it goes out, evryones ok, therefore it is funny,. because none got hurt! if someone got hurt it wouldn't be funny! or, actually, it depends who it is..
21st November, 2007
BaffinBushPilot
A simple Engine surge (compressor stall) here. NOT flameout. A disruption of airflow caused sometimes buy the previous comment of bird or water ingestion. Power back to stabalize rpm and slowly restore power, monitor peramaters
10th September, 2007
john
Calafornia

(Texas)
dude..that was crazy ass stuff right there
13th August, 2007
carlos
California

you are so gay biches perros
23rd July, 2007
A&P man
Rockford

(Us)
Looks like F.O.D to me. A flame out would not have a ball of fire behind it.. Your talkin serious compressor and turbine blade damage here... There isn't a chance of that turbofan/turbine engine restarting.
19th July, 2007
JR
Restarted in flight??? Who the heck restarts an engine in flight after a flameout unless it's needed for an emergency.
18th May, 2007
Marcus
What you see here is an engine / compressor stall and not a flame out. It might be caused by exterior influence like a bird strike or a defect in the engine.
8th March, 2007
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