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Old 16th Sep 2015, 13:15
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Centaurus
 
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If you really want the thrill of trying to weave your way between solid radar returns best you read through this accident report. You will never see a report like it in your lifetime you may hope!

http://kemhubri.dephub.go.id/knkt/nt...0GA%20Solo.pdf

It deals with a Garuda 737 that penetrated a 70,000 ft thunderstorm during the descent while attempting to navigate between build ups. Lack of maintenance on the radome meant returns were inaccurate. The result was a dual flame out in blinding rain and where the rain was ten times more heavy than certified during engine tests. That is why the engines flamed out. The APU failed to start due failed battery and thus total loss of all electrical power in IMC including standby instruments. The standby ADI was in the process of running down due to no electrical power and u/s battery when they glided out of the side of the CB.
By sheer astounding luck (and they sure needed it) they came out of the side of the CB at 8000 ft and spotted a river into which they ditched flapless with the loss of only one life.

And we still hear of airlines that consider practicing dead stick (Loss of All engines) landings in simulators as a waste of time. Tell that to the crew of the Boeing 767 "Gimli Glider) who ran out of fuel and dead sticked into a 4000 ft runway in Canada. As the captain stated later, if only he had been given just one dead stick practice landing in the simulator he would have approached the event with much more confidence that he could succeed.

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