Interesting read and likely not very accurate but to have asked the passengers to be in the brace positions seems quite interesting. If it was a hydraulic problem, what type of hydraulic issue would the pilots or f/a's ask the passengers to brace? Or is this an SOP for all emergency landings?
airontario From Canada, joined Aug 2001, 502 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (1 year 6 months 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 1945 times:
If they're worried about the gear failing on touchdown I'd assume giving the signal to brace is pretty straight forward. Better safe than sorry as they say.
Boeing744 From Canada, joined Jun 2005, 1769 posts, RR: 25 Reply 2, posted (1 year 6 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1597 times:
I assume the aircraft would have been quite heavy, as it sounds like they didn't have had much time in the air to dump fuel. Could it have been an overweight landing?
$200 for that hassle is pretty low, especially considering they had apparently already sat on the tarmac for hours preceding this. Does anyone know if the aircraft supposed to replace this flight was one of Air Transat's own? I didn't think they had too many A330s free, especially during the winter travel season...
It would be nice to hear some more details if anyone has them.
rfields5421 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 6149 posts, RR: 25 Reply 3, posted (1 year 6 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1584 times:
Quoting YXXMIKE (Thread starter): what type of hydraulic issue would the pilots or f/a's ask the passengers to brace?
Along with potential gear issues - just about any hydraulic problem could result in some loss of control and a rough landing or departure from the runway surface.
Very seldom does it happen, but if the hydraulics give out just when the pilots need it for control......
thenoflyzone From Canada, joined Jan 2001, 1964 posts, RR: 12 Reply 4, posted (1 year 6 months 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 1213 times:
Quoting Boeing744 (Reply 2): Does anyone know if the aircraft supposed to replace this flight was one of Air Transat's own? I didn't think they had too many A330s free, especially during the winter travel season...
Most likely yes. TS have plenty of A330s these days. They have 10 of them, and are supposed to get 2 more by years end.
It's been a few years now that TS leases two or more A330s to Garuda Indonesia for the Hajj season (this year i believe it is 4 frames, all A332s). So obviously, they aren't as needed during the winter.
Thenoflyzone
[Edited 2011-11-18 15:29:59]
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