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Swiss Airbus A330 Turns 5 Hours In the Air Before Returning to Zurich
Following a technical problem at the left engine, an Airbus A330 from Swiss International Air Lines, which took off from Zurich for Newark, the United States, had to return to its departure airport quickly. But the passengers had to wait five hours before landing. (airlinerwatch.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
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This article is an example of "waste of time" news. It's not news at all.
From some grammatical irregularities, it reads as if written by someone for whom English was not their first language.
This was a design feature of the older A310s, A300s and the very early A330s. As far as I can remember they were certified to land at maximum takeoff weight - in case of an emergency. This of course subject to structural & overweight checks being conducted thereafter. Vertical gradient <360ft/m
I did not do the work to see how many left turns /right turns that plane did.
If there were enough left turns the pilots/drivers might qualify to be a round track car driver?
If there were enough left turns the pilots/drivers might qualify to be a round track car driver?
One of Airbus's MAJOR design flaws.... NO ability to dump fuel. Experienced this ourselves after departing KHNL for West Coast and had a serious lightning strike right above the cockpit at FL26.5. Thank God were in a Boeing and did not have to circle for multiple hours just to dump fuel! Seen this many times with Airbus products....