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Rapid decompression forces emergency landing
PHOENIX (AP) — A Southwest Airlines flight from Phoenix was diverted Friday to a military base in Yuma due to rapid decompression in the plane, federal officials said. Ian Gregor, a Federal Aviation A . . . (flightaware.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/peopleandpower/2010/12/20101214104637901849.html
SWA812 http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA812/history/20110401/2225Z/KPHX/KSMF
Ray: for some reason, I can't get your link to come up, but this 1st one here is an eye opener about Boeing, particularly in light of the fuselage split and decomp mentioned here in this article. My guess is that this was a 737, and if so, probably the NG
And just an added note on this flight ref our ATC system. If this plane left Phoenix for Sacremento, why was it even in the vicinity of Yuma. Basic geography, without looking at a Jep, tells me that it should have been up in the vicinity of Vegas???????????????
The route to SAC goes west first and then north to SAC. The aircraft was much closer to YUM than to LAS. And, nobody in the "ATC System" is going to make these decisions for the pilots of the aircraft. They might give some advice and options, but the decision to go to YUM was probably the pilot's.
I know it is the Pilot's choice on a diversion/Emergency, etc. Not knowing the route out there, that routing is a good example of what Airlines and a lot of Pilot's are complaning about; the inefficiency of the ATC. The closest distance between any 2 points is a straight line, yet try to get a DIRECT routing on a routine PAX flight. It's almost impossible except mabe bad weather or running bad late.