FlyBe incident BHX - GLA
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FlyBe incident BHX - GLA
Flight passenger terror as cockpit blaze forces Glasgow-bound plane to make emergency landing - The Daily Record
FlyBe enroute to GLA diverted back to BHX after fire/smoke reported.
Daughter-in-law was on this flight. Apparently most passengers were calmer than the article suggests (although clearly worried) but the report was pretty accurate as far as individual passengers and crew are concerned.
FlyBe enroute to GLA diverted back to BHX after fire/smoke reported.
Daughter-in-law was on this flight. Apparently most passengers were calmer than the article suggests (although clearly worried) but the report was pretty accurate as far as individual passengers and crew are concerned.
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A few things left out of the article.
'missing a crowded shopping centre and a school by a hair's breadth'
'smoke billowing from the engines'
'heroic captain wrestling with the controls'
'out of control, plunged thousands of feet in a few seconds'
'missing a crowded shopping centre and a school by a hair's breadth'
'smoke billowing from the engines'
'heroic captain wrestling with the controls'
'out of control, plunged thousands of feet in a few seconds'
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You neglected to mention the "funny sound" the engines were making as well as the "rollercoaster ride".
If this is correct: "We saw smoke coming out of the cockpit and the captain announced there was a fire."
Then the only thing wrong with the article is this: "Flybe can confirm that as a precautionary measure the captain of the flight elected to return from airborne in response to a suspected minor electrical fault."
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Then the only thing wrong with the article is this: "Flybe can confirm that as a precautionary measure the captain of the flight elected to return from airborne in response to a suspected minor electrical fault."
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The passenger, a mother in her 30s, added: “We had to double-back to Birmingham and circle while we dumped fuel. Thankfully, we landed safely.”
It is ironic that the reader comment at the end of the article is apparently an eye witness account from someone on board and is a far more factual, informative and readable piece than the article itself.
Not one single passenger screamed let alone "screamed their head off"' I
can't say whether people were using their mobiles to call family and say
goodbye, I can say that no one near me did! The smoke wasn't coming from the
cockpit it was coming from the air conditioning system and the captain certainly
did not say that there was a fire. None of the crew needed treatment for smoke
inhalation, all of the crew were taken to hospital for checks, which I
understood from the replacement crew is standard procedure in such
circumstances. As far as I could see, all the passengers were, on the face of
it, calm and collected during and after the incident. Perhaps the passenger
didn't want to be named because she knew she was talking utter baloney or
perhaps The Daily Record has mis-represented what the passenger said, either way
the Daily Record's version of events bear no resemblance to what actually
happened. FlyBe's crew dealt with the situation extremely well.
Not one single passenger screamed let alone "screamed their head off"' I
can't say whether people were using their mobiles to call family and say
goodbye, I can say that no one near me did! The smoke wasn't coming from the
cockpit it was coming from the air conditioning system and the captain certainly
did not say that there was a fire. None of the crew needed treatment for smoke
inhalation, all of the crew were taken to hospital for checks, which I
understood from the replacement crew is standard procedure in such
circumstances. As far as I could see, all the passengers were, on the face of
it, calm and collected during and after the incident. Perhaps the passenger
didn't want to be named because she knew she was talking utter baloney or
perhaps The Daily Record has mis-represented what the passenger said, either way
the Daily Record's version of events bear no resemblance to what actually
happened. FlyBe's crew dealt with the situation extremely well.
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I liked the comment that last year the police closed the M27 "while the crew tried to locate a technical fault". I wonder what it was doing on the motorway, rather than in the aircraft?
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Idiot Journalists
Got to love the stupidity of journalists.
You have to laugh at the fact that journalists should be known to spend time investigating what they are reporting on, however, they are unable to do the simple things like...... oh I dont know....... how about something which is factual (and probably the only factual thing in the article).... get the name of the aircraft correct!
Is this a new aircraft that no one knows about!!! oh no its an emBraer 195 they are referring to. You would expect that, to type "emraer" into google would take 2 seconds and you would suddenly have the correct spelling.
Now, if this is true:
Then why did this happen!?
Contradiction much!
No wonder circulation figures of newspapers are falling by the second!
You have to laugh at the fact that journalists should be known to spend time investigating what they are reporting on, however, they are unable to do the simple things like...... oh I dont know....... how about something which is factual (and probably the only factual thing in the article).... get the name of the aircraft correct!
Earlier this year, the airline announced they would use a state-of-the-art Emraer 195 aircraft on the route.
Now, if this is true:
Terrified passengers last night told how they thought they were going to die as smoke billowed into the cabin.
The aircraft then taxied on to stand and the airport remained open as normal.
No wonder circulation figures of newspapers are falling by the second!
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If anyones having issues with the link like I am, here's another:
Passengers on Flybe flight thought they were going to die after fire in cockpit - AOL Travel UK
You missed the part where the "plane rocked violently left and right after take-off".
"Prime minister was scared for the lives on board and declared state emergency"
"search & rescue mission under way despite landing safely some passengers jumped out in flight"
"super heros flew in and climbed onboard the aircraft and used their ice cool breath to extinguish fire"
"cabin crew members smoked joints"
"Flybe are being sued as the emergency slides were nothing like those experienced in the park at the pub on a sunday"
Passengers on Flybe flight thought they were going to die after fire in cockpit - AOL Travel UK
A few things left out of the article.
'missing a crowded shopping centre and a school by a hair's breadth'
'smoke billowing from the engines'
'heroic captain wrestling with the controls'
'out of control, plunged thousands of feet in a few seconds'
etc.
'missing a crowded shopping centre and a school by a hair's breadth'
'smoke billowing from the engines'
'heroic captain wrestling with the controls'
'out of control, plunged thousands of feet in a few seconds'
etc.
"Prime minister was scared for the lives on board and declared state emergency"
"search & rescue mission under way despite landing safely some passengers jumped out in flight"
"super heros flew in and climbed onboard the aircraft and used their ice cool breath to extinguish fire"
"cabin crew members smoked joints"
"Flybe are being sued as the emergency slides were nothing like those experienced in the park at the pub on a sunday"
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Looks like Flybe have had a bad week. First the incident at Isle Of Man and now this. Good thing though to see that there wern't any major problems and that everyone was OK.
