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BA Boeing 787 returns to LHR four hours into flight to India
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW277/history/20160612/1420Z/EGLL/VOHS Defective weather computer. (www.standard.co.uk) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Just been hearing on the News how ninety three people in India have been killed due to lightning strikes in the past few days, given this is the monsoon season. Even being on the ground isn't safe there right now!
They are professionals pilots,so whatever the reason,it was the best decision in order to have their passangers safe....
No place closer they could have set down? They had to fly FOUR hours back to London? There is something wrong with this scenario.
Absolutely the only decision was indeed to turn back to LHR. In 1961, a Vickers Viscount 700 series(VH-TVC) disintegrated minutes after departing at night from Sydney SYD (Kingsford Smith) due to flying into a TS during climb for Canberra, just 128nm away to the southwest. The tailplane failed first. WX radar was made mandatory for all pressurised airline opertions in Australia very soon afterwards..
Wouldn't a $50 xm weather subscription be a good backup. Maybe not up close and personal with a TS but maybe keep you severe clear
Having XM weather on board is great - But it does not replace air carrier requirements for onboard radar when flying in areas of thunderstorm activity.
Probably because they were going to be flying in night time conditions into unknown weather conditions and the most prudent thing was to return for a new radar or aircraft back through areas and a capable ATC that could steer them around weather if they had too. In airline flying, the Minimum Equipment List(MEL) which guides whether an aircraft can be dispatched with inop equipment lists the Radar as must be working unless,,,you can maintain visual separation from clouds, and it is a daytime flight only. Most pilots use it in flight for guidance sometimes in determining whether to continue on. Its not like a lot of spare parts are available en route so one could drop in. Plus it's the beginning of the rainy Monsoon season there aka thunderstorms.