planes and turbulance
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- CygnusZero40
It's amazing how many flights go down that had legit technical problems, but could have been avoided if not for pilot error.
That SwissAir111 flight my buddy Rich died on could have actually been avoided. The pilots smelled smoke in the cockpit which spread to the cabin. They had a bit of time after that. Well after that they decided to waste time flying over the ocean to dump fuel, trying to figure out which airport to go to, when they really should have just landed the fucking thing immediately and could have avoided it, possibly anyway.
Once they wasted too much time the fire started killing the planes systems and boom, nose down straight into the ocean. So many examples of this where a plane has a real problem but they still have time to just get down to the damn ground, but they waste time trying to figure shit out.
- Swiss Air 111 dumped fuel because they couldn't land with a full tank of fuel. Too heavy.Jacque
- If you're faced with a dire emergency you'll figure out how to get it on the ground, not worry about protocol.CygnusZero4
- Trust me ive read a lot about this. You can land heavy, its just not normally advised in normal circumstances.CygnusZero4
- You smell smoke in the cockpit, that isnt a normal circumstance and protocol goes out the window.CygnusZero4
- Problem was these guys relied on the books when they should have landed and wasted too much time.CygnusZero4
- Trying to land heavy is tougher on pilots. Id rather deal with that than a fire.CygnusZero4
- I know about the emergency protocol, shit, I've got a copy of the Federal Aviation Regulations sitting no more than 10 feet away.Jacque
- ... than 10 feet from me. Required reading if you want a pilots license.Jacque
- Plus, crash landing with full fuel + plane on fire = worst case scenario.Jacque
- I didnt say crash landing. They had quite a bit of time from first smelling smoke in the cockpit.CygnusZero4
- They reviewed this on discovery. They really should have made an emergency landing much quicker.CygnusZero4
- Instead they were worried about what the manual said they should do for normal landings.CygnusZero4