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BA A380 Chute Accidentally Deployed LAX

Old 22nd Feb 2017, 08:23
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BA A380 Chute Accidentally Deployed LAX

Flight Attendant did not disarm the door correctly and it deployed on opening. Long delay and passengers offloaded to hotel. Expensive mistake.
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Old 22nd Feb 2017, 08:32
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Very difficult to make a mistake like that. The system requires cross checking so at least two sets of eyes confirm the door is disarmed.

Also extremely dangerous when on stand there have been incidents in the past where people have lost their lives due to unexpected slide deployment.
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Old 22nd Feb 2017, 08:37
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An interview with no biscuits for the attendant I guess.
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Old 22nd Feb 2017, 08:44
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No it's not a difficult mistake to make.

The door was opened instead of being disarmed! Too late to cross check!
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Old 22nd Feb 2017, 08:56
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Didn't Luftie do the same at Manchester last year?
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Old 22nd Feb 2017, 08:59
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Has anyone ever even received a biscuit anyways!?
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Old 22nd Feb 2017, 09:19
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In their monthly pay packet - yes! ;-)
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Old 22nd Feb 2017, 09:19
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Ancient 737s excluded, until we start to open aircraft doors from the outside this remains a distinct possibility. Modern aircraft will (should) automatically disarm the slides when opened from the outside. Besides, what do we gain from opening doors from the inside? This poor cabin crew member has just joined a huge great long list of slide blowers. I do hood nothing untoward happens to the CA involved. Lastly, smith, I do hope you are not involved in any safety function. Punitive reactions to occurrences like this cause real safety problems to be convered up.
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Old 22nd Feb 2017, 09:30
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Sorry to hear it. Accidents can, do and will happen.

Bit difficult to cover up a mistaken slide deployment Dawson.
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Old 22nd Feb 2017, 10:22
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Aircraft departed 6 hours late. Slide removed and door listed as inop as not a full flight.
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Old 22nd Feb 2017, 10:24
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Originally Posted by Piltdown Man
Ancient 737s excluded, until we start to open aircraft doors from the outside this remains a distinct possibility. Modern aircraft will (should) automatically disarm the slides when opened from the outside. Besides, what do we gain from opening doors from the inside? This poor cabin crew member has just joined a huge great long list of slide blowers. I do hood nothing untoward happens to the CA involved. Lastly, smith, I do hope you are not involved in any safety function. Punitive reactions to occurrences like this cause real safety problems to be convered up.
Was just trying to be humerous. I'm sure the CA will have a sleepless night regardless.
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Old 22nd Feb 2017, 10:28
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Originally Posted by smith
Was just trying to be humerous. I'm sure the CA will have a sleepless night regardless.
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Perhaps you meant humorous?
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Old 22nd Feb 2017, 10:40
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Internal communications at BA state it was D1R, so not a door which would be opened under normal circumstances, and that the slide "fell out". My guess would be the door wasn't opened but the slide has fallen from inside the bustle to the deck floor. Not blown.
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Old 22nd Feb 2017, 10:51
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Originally Posted by PC767
Internal communications at BA state it was D1R, so not a door which would be opened under normal circumstances, and that the slide "fell out". My guess would be the door wasn't opened but the slide has fallen from inside the bustle to the deck floor. Not blown.
Hmm not privy to the details of this incident but if it was indeed D1R how did it happen?!
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Old 22nd Feb 2017, 11:50
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What PC767 describes has happened before on other types ( slide falling out, fortunately not inflating).

Not familiar with the 380 so willing to shut up PDQ but..D1R - on at least two other BA wide body types I'm familiar with 1R is certainly routinely opened and used for catering team access (usually opened from outside; sometimes opened from inside) and/or opened for High lifts (wheel chairs). Out of interest not so on the 380?
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Is the A380 especially known for having issues with frozen girt bars after long flights?
Just experienced how an FA disarmed a door (A330, 3L), received a phone call why the door is not disarmed, moved the lever a few more times until the person on the other end of the line confimed a "disarm" indication...
Is it possible to move the lever to disarm, with the mechanism actually frozen? Do you have to rely on the indication (cockpit and display at purser station)
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Old 22nd Feb 2017, 13:02
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BA have the new door type right?
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Time to put the thread to bed. Nothing to see, move on. At BA the first galley is at doors 2 on the A380, therefore catering use that door. There's a stair case at doors 1.
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Ah Ok PC, that makes sense, thanks
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Piltdown Man, your idea is nice but it requires more training for the handling agent's staff and thus it is not going to happen.
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