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Pilot urges prayers as 'technical issue' forces turnaround
An AirAsia X flight to Malaysia from Perth, Australia, was forced to turn back Sunday after the A330 aircraft began shaking due to what the airline called a "technical issue." (www.cnn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Not a good thought to urge multinational passengers representing numerously religions to pray to various gods.
Isn't that the shotgun approach - just in case one of them has an inside track?
This pilot made an emergency landing @ the nearest airport even though a larger one was available 50-ish miles away
http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2017/06/21/passenger-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-craig-field/
http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2017/06/21/passenger-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-craig-field/
Smoke on the flight deck? Q RM says "Down. NOW!!!" or something like that. 50 miles might be critical. Right choice. Whether Air Asia X choice was the correct one will be subject to endless debate.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL5559/history/20170621/1555Z/KMSY/KMGM
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL5559/history/20170621/1555Z/KMSY/KMGM
Craig Field, where the AA flight landed; is the old Craig AFB in Selma, AL that closed in 1977. Also interesting to a degree is Craig has no scheduled sir service, so they were serious abt getting down fast
See my coverage of this here: http://www.askthepilot.com/separation-of-church-and-sky/
FYI, it's not the first time this sort of thing has happened.
FYI, it's not the first time this sort of thing has happened.