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Air France pilots avert potential disaster on New York-to-Paris flight after plane becomes 'unresponsive'
The Boeing 777 descended to 1,200 feet and became unresponsive due to a 'technical incident' (www.foxnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
1200 ft ?? holy smokes.
Not really. Only today I witnessed a DAL B737 go-around from what looked like less than 1000 feet while an Allegiant A320 departed of the parallel. Wind shear and very adverse weather and visibility here today!
Most likely Le Truck driving by the LOC antenna.
Chance favors the prepared mind - Attributed to Louis Pasteur.
Most training is done to prepare you for very rare events.
Most training is done to prepare you for very rare events.
Luck is the residue of a good plan/design/preparations.
MSReed, you nailed it! They had an issue, followed their training equals non-event. Over my 30 years of flying I have had several Real Emergencies. I can appreciate the real problem of NOT being able to silence alarms creating more of a distraction than the problem itself. Alarms are meant to draw attention to the issue at hand then stop. I don’t understand to this day why the engineers think an alarm is so special it shouldn’t be silenced at some point. Years ago I had to land a jet with one gear not all the way down, late night storms, low on fuel coming in from over water, tired. It takes your best performance to deal with the issue in a short amount of time. Emergency procedures didn’t not fix the problem, alarms still blaring! I had to land under the worse conditions not to mention alarms won’t stop. It’s the most distracting thing ever! It was like having a second emergency. I needed to concentrate… forget it.
So I kind of view it as the pilots won, in spite of the engineering. But all the drama hype is hilarious!
So I kind of view it as the pilots won, in spite of the engineering. But all the drama hype is hilarious!