Of course we are back on the plane, I saw them swap out air carts, fired it up for a bit then shut it down as they all stand around shaking their heads. What do you bet this flight gets cancelled.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 20, 2021, at 2:09 PM, Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> wrote: > > Yep. We deplaned for close to 2 hours, now we are back on but looks like > they are still using the air cart to start the engines. I’m just going to > STL, if I would have driven I would have been getting there about now. As it > stands I won’t get in till 9pm. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 20, 2021, at 12:24 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> American? >> >> So much for any connections. >> >> -D >> >>>> On Sep 20, 2021, at 12:18 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Well the flight is now delayed an hour while they “secure” the APU. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>>> On Sep 20, 2021, at 11:14 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes >>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Very rare to lose both engines in flight. So rare as "not supposed to >>>> happen in the service life of the aircraft" if it were to happen it would >>>> be from something like contaminated fuel, a significant maintenance error, >>>> or massive foreign object ingestion in both engines. If an engine flames >>>> out at altitude I believe the windmilling from the airstream gives it >>>> enough rotation for a relight, though I stand to be corrected. Aircraft >>>> can generally depart with the APU inop so it is not critical for any >>>> anticipated in-flight emergencies. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021, at 11:41 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >>>>> Well they just rolled the air cart over and fired up the engines. Without >>>>> an APU one engine can start the other, but with both dead mid air and no >>>>> APU, I would only hope the airflow would be enough to spin them up. >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>>>> On Sep 20, 2021, at 10:40 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes >>>>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I don't think they would need the starter to do an airstart if the >>>>>> engine is spinning. >>>>>> >>>>>> I was on a flight once that had the BSOD on the control system, they >>>>>> rebooted the whole airplane 3X (start, shutdown, start...) then put us >>>>>> off to go find another airplane. >>>>>> >>>>>> --FT >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 9/20/21 11:34 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >>>>>>> Of course they can start the engines with the ground APU but I assume >>>>>>> if they lost both engines in flight they would have no way to start >>>>>>> them. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sep 20, 2021, at 10:30 AM, Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Never had this happen before. We pushed back, tug unhooked and plane >>>>>>>> lost all power, completely dead. No lights no AC no engines. I >>>>>>>> immediately think they lost the APU. Sure enough pilot comes on and >>>>>>>> says we lost the “backup” power to start the engines. Now being towed >>>>>>>> back to the gate. Guess we will need a jumpstart. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> --FT >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>>> >>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>>> >>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
