> As far as the actual story goes - did you hear
> the recording of the pilots?
Indeed, the pilots and the controllers did everything by the book as far as
I can tell. Emergency training is drilled into both pilots and the
controllers, so everyone was calm as Hindu cows given the situation.
-Ju
> -Original Message-
> From: Justin Scott [mailto:jscott-li...@gravityfree.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 12:03 AM
> To: cf-community
> Subject: RE: Oo! I forgot to tell you ...
>
>
> > I've heard that Airbus has sealed the records and investig
> Justin wrote:
> takeoff, even if an engine fails. The idea being that if you reached that
> speed you will probably be able to liftoff and climb enough to come back
> around and land rather than not be able to stop and guarantee running out of
> runway.
Yeah, he had no choice - not enough spee
> gMoney wrote:
>>
> Ya know, even if it turns out that Sully originally did f*** up, that
> wouldn't really change his hero status in my eyes.
Totally agree, it's just a bummer if true because it might take
something away from the awesome job he did. Although if true I
suspect mostly only airli
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Justin Scott
wrote:
>
> Once those planes reach a certain speed on the takeoff run they commit to
> takeoff, even if an engine fails. The idea being that if you reached that
> speed you will probably be able to liftoff and climb enough to come back
> around and l
> The pilot responds, "don't you fncking touch those throttles!"
Once those planes reach a certain speed on the takeoff run they commit to
takeoff, even if an engine fails. The idea being that if you reached that
speed you will probably be able to liftoff and climb enough to come back
around and
> I'd have to double check with my pop but.if they
> accidentally shut down the wrong engine, couldn't they
> just say "oops" and bring it right back up?
I don't fly jets, so I couldn't tell you for their situation. I know with
multi-engine props, if you suspect an engine failure you thrott
> CamChi wrote:
> Since this happened right after takeoff I'm not sure they would have
> had the space required to get speed back up fast enough to be going up
> instead of down, even if they did start it back up.
>
> Interesting development though.
>
That and they likely didn't know/realize it i
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 8:30 AM, G Money wrote:
> I'd have to double check with my pop but.if they accidentally shut down
> the wrong engine, couldn't they just say "oops" and bring it right back up?
Since this happened right after takeoff I'm not sure they would have
had the space required
I'd have to double check with my pop but.if they accidentally shut down
the wrong engine, couldn't they just say "oops" and bring it right back up?
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Justin Scott wrote:
>
> > I've heard that Airbus has sealed the records and investigation.
>
> That alone mak
> I've heard that Airbus has sealed the records and investigation.
That alone makes the report suspect. An aircraft manufacturer would not
have the power to do that. The NTSB is the one in charge of investigating,
not the aircraft manufacturer. What incentive would Airbus have to seal
files an
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