Arcano From Chile, joined Mar 2004, 2396 posts, RR: 27 Posted (7 years 2 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 13418 times:
Aparently, LAN handled very wrongly this emergency.
One of their 340s was already too delayed in MAD, all the passengers were hosted inb a hotel. After 15 hours, they were told everything was OK and they were clear for take off.
Once in flight, the captain told that there was a flap emergency and they were returning to Barajas, releasing fuel over the atlantic ocean.
There is a video of the fuel dumping, but it's not uploaded yet. You can watch some local TV report at 24 Horas
Latinplane From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 2629 posts, RR: 15 Reply 1, posted (7 years 2 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 13373 times:
So they had two returns with the same plane? I saw the report of the first one on last night's Media Noche on TV Chile, while flipping the channels. Aren't their A340s too new to be causing them so many headaches? Maybe it has to do with the fact that their fleet of A340s is being used to the max? They need to get a few more of those A340s.
Antiuser From Italy, joined May 2004, 657 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (7 years 2 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 13321 times:
Hm, there's no video of the landing itself, is there? It seems on this video they show mostly 767s.
I think some of the pax were overreacting... sure it's a huge inconvenience but hardly merits the "we're lucky to be alive" talk.
Arcano From Chile, joined Mar 2004, 2396 posts, RR: 27 Reply 3, posted (7 years 2 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 13236 times:
Quoting Latinplane (Reply 1): So they had two returns with the same plane? I saw the report of the first one on last night's Media Noche on TV Chile, while flipping the channels
Actually one delay and one return. Apparently, once in MAD they were all very ungry, and apparently LAN didn't react as expected
The video you watched in TV Chile belongs to TVN, the same posted
Quoting Latinplane (Reply 1): that their fleet of A340s is being used to the max? They need to get a few more of those A340s.
Agree
Quoting Antiuser (Reply 2): there's no video of the landing itself, is there?
No, but there is a video of the returning flight, which I'm looking
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FLY2LIM From United States of America, joined May 2004, 1183 posts, RR: 11 Reply 4, posted (7 years 2 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 13231 times:
Quoting Antiuser (Reply 2): Hm, there's no video of the landing itself, is there? It seems on this video they show mostly 767s.
I think some of the pax were overreacting... sure it's a huge inconvenience but hardly merits the "we're lucky to be alive" talk.
It's because we are dealing with Latinos here, you know.
(yes, I am one of them, by the way)
JoseMEX From Mexico, joined Oct 1999, 1539 posts, RR: 29 Reply 6, posted (7 years 2 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 13195 times:
Quoting Antiuser (Reply 2): I think some of the pax were overreacting.
Don't you just love how one of the passengers says, regarding the airplane dumping fuel, that "the engine was really close, so there could perfectly have been an explosion" or something like that?
Latinplane From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 2629 posts, RR: 15 Reply 7, posted (7 years 2 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 13143 times:
Quoting FLY2LIM (Reply 4): It's because we are dealing with Latinos here, you know. (yes, I am one of them, by the way)
Yes, but people of any nationality overreact when there's an emergency situation involving a plane. And they'll over dramatize even more when they have the camera's pointing at them. For some reason, aviation emergencies are real attention grabbers on the evening news. People actually stay tuned to see what happened when they announce that there was an emergency landing that only involved a blown up tire and people saying "we were really scared, we thought we were going to crash!"
FLY2LIM From United States of America, joined May 2004, 1183 posts, RR: 11 Reply 12, posted (7 years 2 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 12085 times:
Quoting Latinplane (Reply 7): Quoting FLY2LIM (Reply 4):
It's because we are dealing with Latinos here, you know. (yes, I am one of them, by the way)
Yes, but people of any nationality overreact when there's an emergency situation involving a plane. And they'll over dramatize even more when they have the camera's pointing at them. For some reason, aviation emergencies are real attention grabbers on the evening news. People actually stay tuned to see what happened when they announce that there was an emergency landing that only involved a blown up tire and people saying "we were really scared, we thought we were going to crash!"
Quoting Antiuser (Reply 8): Yeah I know what you mean... hell, I'm Italian. We can be worse!
Quoting RICARIZA (Reply 10): I am scr**ed then (Half Colombian, half Italian)
I know what you mean, you have to see my aunts "talking" (yelling will be more accurate)
Stirling From Italy, joined Jun 2004, 3943 posts, RR: 27 Reply 13, posted (7 years 2 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 11987 times:
I once knew a girl, (Half Mexican/Half Italian-she's a mess!) that after watching the jetBlue plane land with the tweeked nose wheel, couldn't sleep until the day of her flight!
She said, "I am so worried, mama mia!"
I reminded her that, everyone walked away from that just fine. Didn't matter, it was the most horrible thing she'd ever seen, and was positively going to happen again, and with more devastating consequences on the day she was to fly.
People. Are funny.
KLM685 From Mexico, joined May 2005, 1577 posts, RR: 21 Reply 19, posted (7 years 2 weeks 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 3909 times:
haha interesting video! What a pain in the a** I must say! But passengers were completely overreacting, but that's what happens when people know little about aviation and see lots of hollywood movies, or us news... haha
I would be furious as well if my flight was delayed from hours and hours like the LAN flight, and then return.
What about the guy with the cello... poor guy, LAN must pay for that!
Not all the time is one able to buy those kinds of instruments!
N405MX From Mexico, joined May 2004, 1378 posts, RR: 11 Reply 21, posted (7 years 2 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 2633 times:
Quoting KLM685 (Reply 19): What about the guy with the cello... poor guy, LAN must pay for that!
Indeed, unless the signed the tag.....
Quoting KLM685 (Reply 19): But passengers were completely overreacting, but that's what happens when people know little about aviation and see lots of hollywood movies, or us news... haha
Unfortunately they always do, you get used to all of those words, and even others (mostly when they remind your mother.....)
Quoting Latinplane (Reply 7): And they'll over dramatize even more when they have the camera's pointing at them.
Also when they have other 5-150 passengers with them and only 1 airline employee.
Cheers
Life is what happens when you have other plans.....
MD11junkie From Argentina, joined May 2005, 3091 posts, RR: 60 Reply 23, posted (7 years 2 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2404 times:
Arcano,
When I was back in SCL, a month ago - CC-CQC, the plane involved in the incident was on its D Check. So, the problem seems rather unusual, and probably, a faulty part - nothing to worry about.
What I'm worried is how they managed the emergency by saying nothing was wrong. Anyway, the main problem is that they are on a very tight schedule with its longhaul fleet.
Ghost77 From Mexico, joined Mar 2000, 5126 posts, RR: 53 Reply 24, posted (7 years 2 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2372 times:
No, no joke! Time for some B777s! Any news on that? Or then, why aren't they getting the 2 additional pending orders for A340's as in the meantime they keep taking B767s :S...
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