Air Transat - Hey pass that thing man!
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We must have a Forum Barbeque when you pass the magic 3000 posts, and some sort of presentation (hopefully of your own server and website- long overdue). You cannot take the message that your over opinionated pontifications are going too far- keep your anti Americanisms and profanity to yourself! Not everybody wants to read your opinion on everything in aviation every day. Try going out with girls and switch that darn computer off!
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My two cents worth:
1) Why use a glass, when the beer comes in its' own?
2) The cabin crew screaming at the pax? They were simply them doing their "shouted commands" after the brace signal came from the flight deck (You know, "put your head between your knees and kiss your arse goodbye!").
3) As for the rest, let's wait for the real facts and knock off the needless speculation. Yes, there's alot more to be known (where'd the fuel go?), but until we know what the investigators have determined from the recorders before they lost power (now there's a worthwhile discussion!), we can't possibly know what these pilots were up to.
Cheers, Scud
1) Why use a glass, when the beer comes in its' own?
2) The cabin crew screaming at the pax? They were simply them doing their "shouted commands" after the brace signal came from the flight deck (You know, "put your head between your knees and kiss your arse goodbye!").
3) As for the rest, let's wait for the real facts and knock off the needless speculation. Yes, there's alot more to be known (where'd the fuel go?), but until we know what the investigators have determined from the recorders before they lost power (now there's a worthwhile discussion!), we can't possibly know what these pilots were up to.
Cheers, Scud
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The very brief report i've seen is that as the aircraft became unbalanced due to the fuel leak, the systems on the A330 pumped fuel from the tank without the leak to the tank with the leak to bring the aircraft back into balance - in short, the aircraft pumped itself dry!
I am amazed these guys got away with this, 8 tyres out of 10 burst on landing!! With the exception of the Azores, they were 1600km away from the nearest land...incredible story!
I am amazed these guys got away with this, 8 tyres out of 10 burst on landing!! With the exception of the Azores, they were 1600km away from the nearest land...incredible story!
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For anybody who doubted the accuracy of my original post let me remind you to look at my profile and logically deduce where I work and why I would know this info before most others. Regardless of what happened he got the bird back safe with all the self loading cargo intact. Why did they deploy the slides if they knew they were out of fuel?
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Why did they deploy the slides if they knew they were out of fuel?
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"Pilot Who Saved 304 People Now Finds Heroism Tainted
The story of how a Canadian jet crossing the Atlantic survived disaster has changed into a tangle of missteps."
Here is the story from the NY Times, as reported by yahoo:
http://dai lynews.yahoo.com/h/nyt/20010910/ts/pilot_who_saved_304_people_now_finds_heroism_tainted_1.html
[ 11 September 2001: Message edited by: SK ]
The story of how a Canadian jet crossing the Atlantic survived disaster has changed into a tangle of missteps."
Here is the story from the NY Times, as reported by yahoo:
http://dai lynews.yahoo.com/h/nyt/20010910/ts/pilot_who_saved_304_people_now_finds_heroism_tainted_1.html
[ 11 September 2001: Message edited by: SK ]
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Question:
Would the pilots have had any other indication of a fuel leak considering the location of the leak?
Other than a fuel imbalance, would they have had a high fuel flow indication, partial power loss, or loss of fuel pressure on the bad side?
BTW, good joke!
Would the pilots have had any other indication of a fuel leak considering the location of the leak?
Other than a fuel imbalance, would they have had a high fuel flow indication, partial power loss, or loss of fuel pressure on the bad side?
BTW, good joke!
