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 Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:36 am Post subject: Deadstick Landing OT |
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My understanding is after landing the plane safely the pilots were accused of not handling the leak problem correctly thus making the incident a pilot induced problem. If I remember correctly they asked for assistance after checking the on board manuals. That being the case the problem rested with the designers, the maintainers, the company directors as well as the flight crew. Lots of blame to go around.
What the reviewers seemed to forget is these guys actually got the plane on the ground without one fatality! The other thing is that now this problem has been found it is highly unlikely that this kind of accident/incident will reoccur on any western airline.
In the case of the Gimli Glider, that incident brought to life the fact that when a country starts swapping legal measurements someone has to stand back and develop standards for the airline industry. They asked for Pounds of fuel and got litres. I’m amazed the on board computers didn’t flag the error. Now all AMEs in Canada are expressly instructed to pay attention to any units that may encounter whether they be inch Pounds, foot pounds, Newton Meters or tons.
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Noel
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Subject: Deadstick Landing
Noel,
Enjoying this thread.
The landing you referred to was a Canadian Air Transat Airbus-330 back in 01. They ran out of fuel due to a fuel leak and messed up by not following the proper procedures. However, they did a great job of flying the airliner to safety. I know they don't normally practice this in airline training, however at my airline we did have the opportunity to experience it and attempt a landing in the sim. The Canadair Regional jet flies nicely on NO engines, but it does have a massive sink rate and impressive forward speed requirement, but I digress. Here's a link to one of the many reports on the Air Transat incident.
http://www.iasa.com.au/folders/Safety_Issues/others/azoresdeadstick.html
Rick Weiss
N39RW Series V Speedster, 912ULS
SkyStar S/N 1
Port Orange, FL
BTW, it was 80 degrees today and the it's supposed to be that way the rest of the week. Cold Weather starts here are for temps in the 50's Come visit!
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