A330
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Total 15000
Workload; Troubleshooting; Distraction
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
Initiating cruise climb from FL360 to FL380 engine number one had two compressor stalls. Initial action was to initiate track departure with a turn to the right. Initiated ECAM actions and brought engine to idle. Engine then appeared to operate normally so thrust was restored. Consulted [Operations] and Maintenance on the SAT phone and their advice was to continue as long as the engine operated normally. N3 vibration exceeded the advisory level so thrust on the number one engine was reduced to keep vibration within limits. Flight continued normally. Crew [advised] Approach on initial contact. On an approximately 8 mile base the number one engine failed. Crew ran the ECAM and continued the visual approach to a normal landing. Taxied to gate with no further assistance required.CauseNumber one engine stall; vibration and subsequent failure.
I was at my rest station half asleep when I heard a loud thud followed about 15 seconds later by another. I could then hear through the bunk wall ECAM signals etc. A flight attendant started banging on the bunk room door. I quickly got ready and reentered the cockpit. The crew told me they had received an altitude change clearance from FL360 to FL380 and as soon as they selected climb mode that's when the left (#1) engine suffered the stalls. We contacted Dispatch and Maintenance via SATCOM and decided that by manually modulating the engine; we could keep the vibrations (which had been up as high as 7.0) down to 3.9. We continued to ZZZ. Upon contact with approach we [advised them of the situation]; mainly as a precaution. We were placed on a 6 mile left base to Runway XXL. As the FO (doing a magnificent job) brought the power above idle; the left engine failed. We did a quick QRH procedure; went in; and landed uneventfully.
A330 flight crew reported engine stall during cruise climb that resulted in an engine failure during initial approach.