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7th Feb 2009, 04:46
Don't know if any A320 gurus can enlighten me without getting too complicated...
At this moment I was to be pax on NZ 831 from Queenstown to Sydney but the flight has been cancelled because of a technical issue.
The captain kindly came into the departure lounge to tell us in person that there was an issue in the preflighting. Apparently a computer which interrogates all the systems showed a fault in a back-up braking system, which couldn't be rectified on the spot.
Would someone mind explaining to me in general terms how the brakes on these aircraft work??
Incidentally Air NZ, the NZ Customs Service and the duty free shop handled everything very smoothly once the no-go decision was made.
At this moment I was to be pax on NZ 831 from Queenstown to Sydney but the flight has been cancelled because of a technical issue.
The captain kindly came into the departure lounge to tell us in person that there was an issue in the preflighting. Apparently a computer which interrogates all the systems showed a fault in a back-up braking system, which couldn't be rectified on the spot.
Would someone mind explaining to me in general terms how the brakes on these aircraft work??
Incidentally Air NZ, the NZ Customs Service and the duty free shop handled everything very smoothly once the no-go decision was made.