On Jan 18, 2008 8:59 AM, Sid Boyce wrote:
> From the picture it looks like they were at least able to retract the
> flaps and that may have helped, a few hundred feet further up and it
> would have been a greased landing. I guess problems seldom happen in ones.
I was trying to google the news sites for more info last night and it
doesn't look like the people that know any thing are talking yet. I saw one
site that indicated the pilot warned the passengers to assume the standard
brace positions, but then there was a passenger quote that said everything
seemed fine until they touched down in the wrong spot.
If the engines ingested a flock of birds and lost power, I'm pretty sure the
folks on board would have known that. I've been on board an A320 when an
engine ate itself and it was extremely clear (based on the sound/pitch of
the engine and the vibrations it was making) that we had diverged from a
normal situation. If they lost both engines nearly simultaneously, then
that would make you wonder about fuel.
It seems like this one should be pretty easy to solve, so hopefully we'll
hear exactly what happened very soon.
Curt.
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