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Forum: Rumours & News
9th Jan 2012, 20:32
Replies: 148
Views: 110,768
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Oxygen Masks --- and

Just to clarify - I hope - the different types of oxygen masks that exist - at least in a First Aid/Medical situation {that is excluding such as Scuba equipment, fireman Breathing Apparatus, and...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Jun 2011, 20:22
Replies: 2,070
Views: 613,477
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Perhaps all pilots should start in gliders. When...

Perhaps all pilots should start in gliders. When you start falling, you damn well know it. There's few instruments and few controls, so it's stick forward, keep the wings level and you just _know_...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Apr 2011, 19:44
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,537,852
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

BBC Report on AF 447

BBC do another brief analysis of wreckage location and BB recovery possibilities. BBC News - Air France crash: The long hunt for answers (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13145313)

Not much...
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
14th Apr 2011, 05:02
Replies: 4
Views: 2,726
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Thomas Cook 757 'Lost' a Ton of Fuel

Thomas Cook 757 lost a ton of fuel - thats some leak!
BBC News - Thomas Cook jet landed safely after leak, says report (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13065305)

Couldn't they shut-down an...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Feb 2011, 10:43
Replies: 138
Views: 53,442
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Fatigue

Been done....

New cars : Volkswagen UK (http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/new/passat-vii/explore/experience/driver-assistance/fatigue-detection-system-)

Couple more buttons, lights and alarms on the...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Feb 2011, 08:18
Replies: 188
Views: 45,972
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

No FD Warning?

Surely there must be some form of warning on the FD that a door or doors are open when the craft isn't in a parked/shut-down condition?

What about the deployment of slides, isn't that worthy of a...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Feb 2011, 04:36
Replies: 188
Views: 45,972
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Pilots didn't know about evacuation

Plane evacuated by cabin crew at Glasgow without pilots knowing.
BBC News - Pilot unaware of plane evacuation at Glasgow Airport (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12406027)
...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
13th Jan 2011, 19:40
Replies: 176
Views: 23,979
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

I suppose that disobeying any instruction from...

I suppose that disobeying any instruction from the pilot - including one to disembark - could be considered to constitute "endangering an aircraft"; On the ground or in the air. As such, it's...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Dec 2010, 18:51
Replies: 1,964
Views: 1,335,535
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

777Flyer: Res ipsa loquiter :ugh:

777Flyer: Res ipsa loquiter :ugh:
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Dec 2010, 20:09
Replies: 1,964
Views: 1,335,535
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

But when the wiring from one engine/between...

But when the wiring from one engine/between engines is severed, how is one FADEC to know which other engines/components are working or failed?
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Dec 2010, 07:39
Replies: 1,964
Views: 1,335,535
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

If the aircraft hadn't made it back to changi...

If the aircraft hadn't made it back to changi they would still have had black box data and also the cockpit voice would cover the actual incident, enough information to establish cause. But the...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Nov 2010, 10:57
Replies: 1,964
Views: 1,335,535
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

@Bolli Err, I don't think fire crews usually...

@Bolli

Err, I don't think fire crews usually wait for a stricken plane to taxi over to them.

The Fire crew isn't positioned where the plane should stop. They wait where they can get quickest to...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Oct 2010, 19:17
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,537,852
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Any Update

Has anyone an update on the serch or future investigation? This seems to be too serious and sad event to just quietly go away...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
2nd Oct 2010, 14:47
Replies: 68
Views: 18,490
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Open Door Policy?

Curious that there was a (unconfirmed) report of a ground observer actually "seeing an open door" - seemingly well before any mention of a door warning indicator as the cause of the return?
...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jul 2010, 05:43
Replies: 730
Views: 265,236
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

From BBC "Reports are coming in that a...

From BBC

"Reports are coming in that a plane has crashed in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
Initial information suggests it was flying from Turkey to Islamabad via Karachi with an...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Jun 2010, 20:14
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,537,852
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Question GPS Input

GPS may only know Ground Speed, but isn't it true that some function of GS, Engine power and Pitch = Air Speed
f(Ground Speed, Thrust, Pitch)= Air Speed ?
GPS plus the other knowns could thus...
Forum: Tech Log
31st May 2010, 22:22
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,537,852
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Question Stall Warning

What generates a stall warning? Is it low air-speed detected?

If so, the pitot tubes were already declared unreliable.

With the computers deciding the pitot tubes were malfunctioning...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Apr 2010, 05:54
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,588,642
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

@carmel I expect that the insurance companies...

@carmel
I expect that the insurance companies don't really have much of a say.
It would be impossible for them to examine and risk-assess each and every flight every day and in all conditions, so...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2010, 05:49
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,588,642
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Ratio Changing

Well is seems the the Dollar : Danger ratio is changing.

The airlines seem to be applying pressure in two directions.
Test flights by LH, KLM & BA to show the bureaucrats it's safe.
Presence...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Apr 2010, 08:18
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,588,642
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Low Level Flights

For those suggesting low level flights would be an option - it seems not.

This morning, ash is being detected as low as 4,000 feet and up through 15,000ft over some areas of the UK.

See:
Met...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Apr 2010, 12:06
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,588,642
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

How long can this go on.

So the volcano may keep going for days, weeks, months or years.
The issue of course is the ash being blown over northern Europe.

Are these the normal winds though, direction and speed, at the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Jan 2010, 21:56
Replies: 1,718
Views: 422,192
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Seems flight may still be on the ground as at...

Seems flight may still be on the ground as at 22:55 - if this is the one?:

18:30
EZY 7944
MADRID ...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Oct 2009, 12:02
Replies: 40
Views: 29,539
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Unhappy No Way Through

It's beginning to sound as if air safety will require the eliminating the cockpit-cabin door, fitting toilet, coffee machine and microwave in the cockpit and pilots boarding via an external door. Oh,...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Jul 2009, 08:59
Replies: 823
Views: 225,956
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Frankly I'm amazed that so many conclusions have...

Frankly I'm amazed that so many conclusions have been drawn, and people taking such entrenched positions, with only two sides of the story having been told - a press report, and one (allegedly)...
Forum: Cabin Crew Wannabes
19th Jul 2009, 20:44
Replies: 4
Views: 2,364
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

FWIW, pretty much everyone has an asymmetric...

FWIW, pretty much everyone has an asymmetric nose, one nostril is larger. First-aid courses that cover nasal intubation always direct you to identify and use the larger nostril.

With respect he...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jul 2009, 08:10
Replies: 142
Views: 69,051
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

100 ton take off weight input error? Now...

100 ton take off weight input error?
Now there's a safety device they could easily design into the system. The computers know how much thrust the engines are set for, the time the thrust's been on,...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jul 2009, 13:36
Replies: 145
Views: 66,681
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

That pic in post #7 was from BBC, This one from...

That pic in post #7 was from BBC, This one from sky news, the same other than dusk/dark:

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2009/Jul/Week2/15335769.jpg
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jul 2009, 08:09
Replies: 145
Views: 66,681
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Doesn't look like the plane had moved more than a...

Doesn't look like the plane had moved more than a few feet if at all from the loading tunnel.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46043000/jpg/_46043292_ba_plane226.jpg
Forum: Private Flying
10th Jul 2009, 08:33
Replies: 253
Views: 68,226
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Not that it would have made any difference in the...

Not that it would have made any difference in the sense of saving life, but it's a bit odd that the authorities ignored a 20 minute radar track because of a single eye-witness report that put the...
Forum: Private Flying
10th Jul 2009, 07:44
Replies: 253
Views: 68,226
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Steve Fossett Crash final NTSB Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 9, 2009
SB-09-35
NTSB DETERMINES THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE 2007 PLANE CRASH INVOLVING STEVE FOSSETT WAS AN ENCOUNTER WITH DOWNDRAFTS
Washington, DC – The...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Jul 2009, 13:18
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,283,581
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

How many pilots?

I know that there has been quite a bit of discussion about the whereabouts of the Captain at the time of the incident. Yet it has always been assumed/agreed that there were no less than two alert...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Jul 2009, 07:47
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,283,581
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

jeremiahrex...

jeremiahrex (http://www.pprune.org/members/302838-jeremiahrex)



Quote:
While it is indeed...
Forum: Tech Log
20th Jun 2009, 17:47
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,283,581
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Question 10 days (max) to find the FDR & CVR

Time is running out if the FRD and/or CVR are to be found. 2/3rds of the way through the 30 days they could signal.

Anyone know the latest on the seabed search?
Forum: Rumours & News
13th May 2009, 13:52
Replies: 88
Views: 41,235
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

Well done ATC too

Seems the crew did OK.
Listening to the ATC recording, I was impressed by the calm way the controller handled things too, telling the pilot what she'd seen, then just getting on with re-directing...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
16th Sep 2008, 07:47
Replies: 69
Views: 11,409
Posted By TiiberiusKirk

But that's your job isn't it, to fly passengers...

But that's your job isn't it, to fly passengers from a to b?.
They're not hitch-hikers, they pay your salery. No passengers = No Flight = No Job. Perhaps you should go fly freight only.
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