So far not so good. Been back on the plane 30 minutes in the 100 degree heat, I don’t think their air cart is up to the task. You can hear the engines try to spin up but then falls flat like not enough air pressure.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 20, 2021, at 2:23 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > 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
