LipeGIG From Brazil, joined May 2005, 11230 posts, RR: 61 Posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 11 hours ago) and read 8201 times:
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Seems that one Boeing 767-200ER from US is having trouble to depart from GIG back to CLT since wednesday, having US at this time, cancelled the flight on Wednesday, tried again to depart yesterday, but had to return back to Rio.
Thursday flight departed on time (with the aircraft that come from CLT on Wednesday night)
There's also some news about this issue on Rio's newspapers
Rio - Finalmente, por volta das 16h30m, os 190 passageiros do voo UF 801 da US Airways conseguiram embarcar do Aeroporto Internacional do Rio de Janeiro/Galeão - Antonio Carlos Jobim. Um avião extra foi disponibilizado pela empresa para transportar os passageiros rumo a Charlotte, nos Estados Unidos, depois que a aeronave onde estavam, ter retornado ao Rio por duas vezes entre quarta e quinta-feira, devido a problemas técnicos.
Rio - Finally, around 16h30min (local time), the 190 passengers on US Airways flight US (news mistake) 801 got to board from Rio de Janeiro International Airport. An extra plane (?) has been provided by the airline to transport the passengers to CLT, in the United States, after the aircraft where they were, have returned to Rio twice between wednesday and thursday, due to technical problems.
Regards
Felipe
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PI731 From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 125 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 9 hours ago) and read 7749 times:
Thanks! It will be interesting to find out what the actual problem was. And the fact that they could fix the first time time and still let them atempt the fight a seconf time is kinda scary.
BHMDiversion From United States of America, joined Dec 2008, 444 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 7 hours ago) and read 7451 times:
Go to avherald.com and you can read what happened.
AAEXP From Brazil, joined Jul 2005, 414 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 3 hours ago) and read 7180 times:
The temperature on the ground is hardly relevant. Once the plane is in the air, the temperature goes well below aircon levels, There must be something more to this story.
LipeGIG From Brazil, joined May 2005, 11230 posts, RR: 61 Reply 10, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 3 hours ago) and read 7151 times:
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Quoting AAEXP (Reply 9): The temperature on the ground is hardly relevant. Once the plane is in the air, the temperature goes well below aircon levels, There must be something more to this story.
I agree, and with the engines working the cabin temperature goes down quickly in flight. If they return to the airport, need to be because of other issue, otherwise they would depart at 5 AM and all would be okay. Plus while preparing for board, airlines would use a portable unit to maintain cabin temperature lower for passengers.
Shall be a ' NO GO ' situation.
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AvroArrow From Canada, joined Sep 2001, 1041 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (3 years 4 months 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 5013 times:
Maybe showing my ignorance here, but isn't air con run from the packs and the packs also are responsible for the pressurization right? Maybe turning back was the prudent thing to do if the crew thought that some other part of the system might quit too?
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Captaink From Mexico, joined May 2001, 5095 posts, RR: 13 Reply 15, posted (3 years 4 months 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 4282 times:
Quoting AAEXP (Reply 9): The temperature on the ground is hardly relevant. Once the plane is in the air, the temperature goes well below aircon levels, There must be something more to this story.
Air conditioning doesn't just mean, cooling the air, it means conditioning the air. So if that isn't working we may be talking about a very hot airplane on the ground and a freezing on in the air. IMHO. And then there is the following.
Quoting AvroArrow (Reply 13): Maybe showing my ignorance here, but isn't air con run from the packs and the packs also are responsible for the pressurization right? Maybe turning back was the prudent thing to do if the crew thought that some other part of the system might quit too?
LipeGIG From Brazil, joined May 2005, 11230 posts, RR: 61 Reply 16, posted (3 years 4 months 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 4246 times:
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Quoting EFCar98 (Reply 14): Could this be the reason why the US flight from CLT-FRA was cancelled last night?
If the US fleet do not have a free frame as reserve plane, yes as CLT-GIG continued the other days as it's a very hot week to/from GIG because of the Carnaval.
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PHLapproach From Philippines, joined Mar 2004, 1183 posts, RR: 22 Reply 17, posted (3 years 4 months 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 4042 times:
A/C is 248. Two problems - Packs Malfunctioning (not sure exact reason). The other major one which is probably the reason for the return is that the FO ALT split.
C010T3 From Brazil, joined Jul 2006, 3528 posts, RR: 21 Reply 24, posted (3 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 2667 times:
Quoting wn676 (Reply 23): Flight 801 of the 19th cancelled which is why you saw two aircraft.
Really? Why was it cancelled?
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27 thegman: What was scary about it? I was on N255AY and N256AY earlier this year back and fourth CLT-HNL and found the plane in a very airworthy looking conditi
28 Flighty: Really? Is 1987 an old aircraft, in your view? Don't they have new interiors? It should be a supremely well maintained and safe bird, operating under
29 thegman: New seat covers and projectors are replaced by large LCD tvs. Overhead bins are still those old design. Envoy class seats are all under 3 years old.
30 DZ09: Yes an 1987 plane is an old aircraft for a 10 hour flight. What is this? a third world company? The interior was certainly not replaced in at least a
31 Airportugal310: Oh please...."FAA observation"? Then explain to us how it is that AA has been getting away with questionable maintenance practices, and will now be f
32 deltaL1011man: Jeesh, Yes thats what it is, Oh and pretty much all the other airlines in the world have planes that old so i guess we are just one big old, poor wor
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