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Airbuses suffer cockpit power failure, await fixes
As United Flight 731 climbed out of Newark with 107 people aboard, the pilot and first officer were startled to find screens that display crucial navigational information were blank or unreadable and radios were dead. They had no way to communicate with air traffic controllers or detect other planes around them in the New York City area's crowded airspace. (www.9news.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Very dangerous....still !
"The January 2008 emergency was far from the first such multiple electrical failure in what is known as the Airbus A320 family of aircraft" Airbus hate, I LOVE IT! See with Boeing, they keep it tradtional and reliable.
Please see Preacher1's comment below.
Anyway, thanks for your comment. Airlines around the world, including many U.S. airlines, will continue buying aircraft from Airbus.
Anyway, thanks for your comment. Airlines around the world, including many U.S. airlines, will continue buying aircraft from Airbus.
Please refer to Preacher1's comment below. That says it all. Boeing is more trustworthy.
Sadly, electricity does not always beleive in US exceptionalism, and doesn't know the difference between an Airbus or a Boeing, so they're no more immune to electrical problems than Airbus.
http://www.fss.aero/accident-reports/dvdfiles/US/1998-12-15-US.pdf
http://www.fss.aero/accident-reports/dvdfiles/US/1998-12-15-US.pdf
Not for nothing, but keep in mind that the entire B737 series still may fall under the same issue that caused USA426 to go down near KPIT. Also, keep in mind that people also trusted Ford and Bridgestone/Firestone. Look where that fiasco got them.
My point: Trust is only as good as the technology used. Airbus has problems; Boeing has problems. Bottom line is that they get fixed and addressed so we don't have another USA426, QFA32, or, even worse, CPA611.
My point: Trust is only as good as the technology used. Airbus has problems; Boeing has problems. Bottom line is that they get fixed and addressed so we don't have another USA426, QFA32, or, even worse, CPA611.
Brad, you are totally correct here. Everyone has a preference in AC type just as they do cars and AB is being bemoaned right now as they are the new kid on the block, so to speak. United's flights are getting highlighted right now because they are under a microscope with the merger, and probably some inactive reporters around, BUT, you don't seem to hear anything about US Air and there nearly 100% AB and DAL has a goodly number after the NWA merger. Nobody gave a dang about the Japanese cars 20 years ago and people decried them as junk; today they are in the tops as far as market share and the big 3 have been dethroned as the "ONLYS". It will really get interesting after AB gets the Mobile plant up and running. I never have been inside an AB cockpit that I can remember. My entire career was on a 707 and then 757, checking out on a 767 after I retired. After 30 years, it is no secret that my personal preference is Boeing, but there are a lot of younger guys coming into the field now that will never know the single market entity. Just as Lockheed and MD were around for years before succumbing to Boeing, leaving Boeing a period of no competition, now they have it again. They have a whole young group up there that never knew that world. You don't hear about Embraer or Bombadier catching this same flak because they are not going head to head with Boeing.It will all be interesting
Have to say JetBlue is one of my fave operators and I would like to know how this issue has effected them if it all. They have a big fleet of A320s.
I got a feeling that with the maintenance contract they have, that JB probably didn't even know about it; that AB found it and went thru their fleet with the fix whether needed or not.LOL
Haha..of course..what was I thinking..LOL
Maybe airline pilots are going to have to start carrying their own Garmin handheld!lol I know I'm going to in my plane.
They gonna need something. That airspace up there is bad enough with everything working, let alone blind. Of course they couln't see it but I'll bet their separation requirements went below minimum for a bit.lol