July 19, 201312 yr Scary stuff: http://avherald.com/h?article=46588ddb&opt=0 http://avherald.com/h?article=465890d1&opt=0 Being forced to chose between descending below MDA or running out of fuel must have made for one really stressful day in the office! Regards, Ró. Rónán O Cadhain.
July 19, 201312 yr Author Yeh, only 260kg sloshing about in each tanks, you're talking 5-6 minutes fuel, if you're lucky. If you pitch up you're engine's flamed out... Not a happy position to be in... :mellow: Regards, Ró. Rónán O Cadhain.
July 19, 201312 yr Jeez, no matter how much I fly plane crashes still creep me out, especially when my aunt lives in Adelaide and shes coming to visit in a week or so. KBOS FTW! <3
July 19, 201312 yr The virgin jet was flown by a very senior Captain, word is he was truly scared but performed admirably. Someone in the planning section got his rear end kicked. Will Reynolds Flight Sim Addict
July 19, 201312 yr Author The virgin jet was flown by a very senior Captain, word is he was truly scared but performed admirably. Someone in the planning section got his rear end kicked. Indeed, very admirable to let the jet with less endurance go ahead of you even when you yourself are low. He deserves a commendation. Regards, Ró. Rónán O Cadhain.
July 19, 201312 yr Is this the same incident as last months incident with another virgin aircraft I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
July 19, 201312 yr Author Is this the same incident as last months incident with another virgin aircraft Yes, it happened just over a month ago. Regards, Ró. Rónán O Cadhain.
July 19, 201312 yr Ah yes, I just read about this on the dispatcher forums. 1 degree temp/dew point spread and calm winds should have been a consideration, even though the fog wasn't technically forecasted. Glad everyone ended up in one piece. They didn't even have enough to go around! Yikes.
July 19, 201312 yr Are their 737's equipped with HUD's? Alex Jevdic KORD/KHOT/KPWKA<380 love at first flight
July 20, 201312 yr Talk about flying over the limits haha. :Applause: -Sean L PPL + IFR, SEL HP/Complex.. LAS WN Ground Ops
July 20, 201312 yr No HUGS for VA. Doubt it would've been helpful, other than providing marginally greater situational awareness. VA crew are to be commended. Quite a polite thing to allow the QF crew through knowing their position, with respect to fuel. Something tells me the QF crew threw their weight around by declaring that fuel was an issue for them, instead of first declaring how much fuel they had on board, and how much time it equated to with FFR in tact. Brian Nellis. Brian Nellis
July 20, 201312 yr Happened in Perth either last year YPPH or 2011 when we had a storm where winds were not of a good runway direction. Had one aircraft do a go-around and I think he had one chance left......he made it.....just.
July 20, 201312 yr Here are the links to Virgin 697 that had one last attempt....you can listen to the ATC and there is even a video of the 738 making an aborted landing on RWY 06....which I know well. http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/12699561/airliner-s-mid-air-drama-revealed/ http://www.6pr.com.au/blogs/6pr-perth-blog/video-mid-air-drama-revealed/20120124-1qeyx.html Yeh, only 260kg sloshing about in each tanks, you're talking 5-6 minutes fuel, if you're lucky. If you pitch up you're engine's flamed out... Not a happy position to be in... :mellow: Regards, Ró. Ro, What is the fuel burn of the A330-300? As far as I can remember it is something like 5.6 tonne an hour? What would be the 737-800 burn rate? Daniel
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