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Old 22nd Nov 2005, 09:04
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vapilot2004
 
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Whilst I have no 1st hand reports of vibration incidents (other than when I was PIC and the AC was a bit smaller than a jumbo and handled none too deftly in the beginning stages.... ) ...


My cousin and his wife on return from the Philippines on an A340 also noticed what they described as a terrible vibration from 'under the plane' right after takeoff.

They were very concerned, spoke to an FA who replied,
'sometimes it does that - it's OK' ...............many miles later, at their flight's end, my cousin asked the captain what was that scary feeling ?' The Cap did not notice, but promised to 'have it checked out' - maybe they were blown off - or not.................

An EAL A&P told me long ago that the LDG Gear wheel/tire balance is often the cause of such worrisome but non-issue vibration reports.
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