BMI727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 14358 posts, RR: 26 Reply 2, posted (1 year 10 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 17577 times:
Quoting jetblueguy22 (Thread starter): The Daily Telegraph is reporting an Air Canada flight is on fire and dumping fuel somewhere around Sydney right now.
Blue
I kind of doubt that. If you think the plane is on fire you aren't going to waste time flying around to dump fuel, you need to get on the ground ASAP.
Why do Aerospace Engineering students have to turn things in on time?
jetblueguy22 From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 2021 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (1 year 10 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 17487 times:
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Quoting BMI727 (Reply 2): I kind of doubt that. If you think the plane is on fire
Just saying what they are reporting!
Blue
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MHTripple7 From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 1050 posts, RR: 5 Reply 4, posted (1 year 10 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 17486 times:
Hopefully the aircraft lands safely! Fires are never good...
Goodbye From Australia, joined Jan 2001, 908 posts, RR: 11 Reply 7, posted (1 year 10 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 17232 times:
Ah technology - listening to the ATC from Sydney on my iPhone through the LiveATC App, and watching it on FlightRadar24 - http://www.flightradar24.com/ACA034
MHTripple7 From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 1050 posts, RR: 5 Reply 10, posted (1 year 10 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 16939 times:
The 77L is slowing down and descending, hopefully about to commence its final approach back into SYD.
MHTripple7 From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 1050 posts, RR: 5 Reply 12, posted (1 year 10 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 16823 times:
The aircraft appears to have landed on 34L in SYD.
MHTripple7 From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 1050 posts, RR: 5 Reply 16, posted (1 year 10 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 16345 times:
Quoting Marara (Reply 15): Was smoke coming from an oven - no emergency vehicles.
That's a lot different than a "fire that could not be extinguished", as reported by the news. Wow. Although good to here that everything is alright.
plateman From United States of America, joined May 2007, 904 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (1 year 10 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 15997 times:
Wow did the Daily Telegraph blow this story up. Sydney Morning Herald has it more accurately:
"Ms Foster said smoke was detected coming from an oven in the aircraft's galley.
Fire and Rescue NSW said it was a "minor incident" and emergency crews were not required at the airport."
AR385 From Mexico, joined Nov 2003, 4852 posts, RR: 27 Reply 19, posted (1 year 10 months 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 15600 times:
Quoting usafdo (Reply 18): This brings back terrible memories of the AC DC-9 that caught on fire and people died.
Isn´t it normal procedure when fire or smoke is coming from an oven in the galley to disconnect the electronic feed to the oven and then shut it so it burns itself out? How serious could it have been that it required a fully loaded 777 (I assume) to return to the airport?
Or maybe AC learned from that DC-9 incident and has a zero tolerance policy regarding any type of fire in the cabin?
I just think it was a rather drastic measure to return to SYD just because of an oven fire.
flymia From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 6298 posts, RR: 6 Reply 22, posted (1 year 10 months 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 15475 times:
Quoting AR385 (Reply 19): Isn´t it normal procedure when fire or smoke is coming from an oven in the galley to disconnect the electronic feed to the oven and then shut it so it burns itself out? How serious could it have been that it required a fully loaded 777 (I assume) to return to the airport?
Smoke anywhere in an airplane the plane needs to land. Not everywhere has fire detection and/or surpression. I think it would be standard procedure to land the plane. Obviously they knew it was not a serious emergency but NO pilot is going to doing an ETOPS trans Pacific flight after a report of smoke in the cabin.
"It was just four of us on the flight deck, trying to do our job" (Captain Al Haynes)
Kent350787 From Australia, joined May 2008, 888 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (1 year 10 months 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 15260 times:
Quoting jetblueguy22 (Thread starter): The Daily Telegraph is reporting an Air Canada flight is on fire and dumping fuel somewhere around Sydney right now.
Blue
Did they hack a passenger's phone to get the information?
RJLover From Canada, joined Dec 2006, 567 posts, RR: 1 Reply 24, posted (1 year 10 months 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 14893 times:
Quoting Q400 (Reply 20): Does anyone know the registration or FIN number of the aircraft involved?
FIN 701 - C-FIUA
Last Flight(s): YHZ-EWR-FLL // MIA-YYZ-YOW-YHZ.....Next Flight(s):
25 joffie: I just saw the video, and at least 5 fire trucks were following the plane once it landed.
26 cpd: That's pretty normal. The plane has now left Sydney and is headed back home..
27 lapper: @AirCanada tweets "Flt AC34 Sydney-Vancouver returned SYD due smell of smoke aft galley. Normal landing, without incident. Media reports otherwise err
28 rjm717: One thing this incident did demonstrate is just how fast information is disseminated around the world. Shortly after arriving back at the gate while w
29 Fuling: Yes there were 5 firetrucks following the aircraft. Thankfully they weren't needed. I actually would have made the passenger numbers 267, if I wasn't
31 SASDC8: Wow sensationalism at its best... I guess the Media will never learn, not blow anything involving a aircraft way out of proportions
32 qf002: Be grateful that's as far as it's gone... If this were QF then it would have been special investigations into the airline sending oven maintenance of
33 scarebus03: I think somebody forgot to take out their ham & cheese sarnie when it was done!
34 Baroque: And the use of non-union ovens. I did love the quality of the expert the ABC had to explain the fate of fuel dumped over Sydney. He suggested some wo
35 qf002: "If you fly on a Qantas aircraft, then we feel that your meal should be reheated by a Qantas oven."
36 turjo101: arrogant oven ignores the no-smoking signs in flight...
37 ikramerica: "Final Destination 5: Smoke in the Cabin" Better watch out. You cheated inconvenience. But you can't get away. Sometime, somewhere, inconvenience wil
38 worldliner: Good to see its on the ground! Thats alot of fuel to dump, ultra long haul flight!
40 Viscount724: That type of incident isn't unusual. A few excerpts below from the Transport Canada daily incident reports since 2010. I doubt many, if any, of these
41 Fuling: Haha, that'd be a good movie And thanks for the warning of the delay, haha. 'LIKE'
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