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TA 320 Incident On The SAL-LAX Route  
User currently offlineCarmenlu15 From Guatemala, joined Dec 2004, 4688 posts, RR: 35
Posted (7 years 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 2185 times:

(Article in Spanish, sorry.)

According to the article, a TA A320 flying SAL-LAX had to go back to SAL due to "problems with the hydraulic system". The a/c, which was already cruising over Mexican airspace when the pilot decided to return, spent two hours flying over Comalapa airport before being cleared to land (burning fuel, I assume?).

Anyone has more info about this incident?


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User currently offlineMt99 From United States of America, joined exactly 14 years ago today! , 6354 posts, RR: 7
Reply 1, posted (7 years 1 week 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 2131 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

Quoting Carmenlu15 (Thread starter):
spent two hours flying over Comalapa airport before being cleared to land (burning fuel, I assume?).

Yea... the other newspaper said that they were burning fuel to reduce the risk of an explosion during landing  banghead 

are there backup hydraulics systems? just asking.


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User currently offlineCarmenlu15 From Guatemala, joined Dec 2004, 4688 posts, RR: 35
Reply 2, posted (7 years 1 week 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 2001 times:

Quoting Mt99 (Reply 1):
the other newspaper said that they were burning fuel to reduce the risk of an explosion during landing

Gotta love the media...  Yeah sure


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User currently offlineAS739X From United States of America, joined Apr 2003, 5820 posts, RR: 23
Reply 3, posted (7 years 1 week 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1957 times:

Yeah Carmen,we know how many planes have exploded on landing when they had a hydraulic issue  Smile In all seriousness it sounds like the Captain made a command decision for the safety of pax and it was the right one.

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User currently offlineAdriaticus From Mexico, joined May 2004, 1112 posts, RR: 21
Reply 4, posted (7 years 1 week 19 hours ago) and read 1801 times:



What in the world was this a/c doing over MID (almost straight to the North of SAL, heading 358°) when the route to LAX is heading 315°??

About the two hours to dump fuel; it has to do more with reaching again the Maximum Landing Weight... The a/c was simply too heavy to land without causing damage to the undercarriage.

Journalists should contact knowledgeable people and verify their info before printing all this nonsense!!

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User currently offlineCarmenlu15 From Guatemala, joined Dec 2004, 4688 posts, RR: 35
Reply 5, posted (7 years 1 week 8 hours ago) and read 1707 times:

Quoting AS739X (Reply 3):
Yeah Carmen,we know how many planes have exploded on landing when they had a hydraulic issue

LOL!  laughing 

Quoting Adriaticus (Reply 4):
What in the world was this a/c doing over MID (almost straight to the North of SAL, heading 358°) when the route to LAX is heading 315°??

No tengo ni la menor idea...

Quoting Adriaticus (Reply 4):
About the two hours to dump fuel; it has to do more with reaching again the Maximum Landing Weight... The a/c was simply too heavy to land without causing damage to the undercarriage.

Yes, I supposed it had to do something with the weight... thanks for confirming it.


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User currently offlineMt99 From United States of America, joined exactly 14 years ago today! , 6354 posts, RR: 7
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Quoting Adriaticus (Reply 4):
What in the world was this a/c doing over MID (almost straight to the North of SAL, heading 358°) when the route to LAX is heading 315°??

Isnt Merida an ATC? How far does it reach. They may mean that they were in contact with Merida Center - not over the city of Merida.


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