Emergency declared after Transatlantic Flight!!!!

[Garry Russell]

Hi Eddie

They did used to ditch

I can remember a Contellation ditching short of Shannon in I think the sixties ran out of fuel:sad:

There were many others but I remeber that one at the time

Garry

[VEGAS]

Hi Eddie

They did used to ditch

I can remember a Contellation ditching short of Shannon in I think the sixties ran out of fuel:sad:

There were many others but I remeber that one at the time

Garry

Hi Garry,

Ah ok I was'nt aware.

Not far from the coast?Has anything ever ditched mid-Atlantic? I bet rescue op's would be a nightmare! :think:

[Garry Russell]

I remeber a PAN AM Stratocruiser having to ditch in the Pacific, I think it was the Pacific

It found a boat and ditched alongside...........if you can stay up for a bit that would be an option.

Obviously if the aircraft is damaged as props and even whole engines used to come off you might just have to put it down and take a chance.


Garry

[DispatchDragon]

Garry

If thats the one Im thinking of - it flaoted for almost 5 days - the Coast Guard had to sink it to stop it being a hazard to Matson Lines Frieghters LOL


Leif

[Garry Russell]

Not sure Leif....I know it landed intact and at least intially didn't sink.

If there are no holes punched in it and the doors are shut....being and airtight pressure fuse it would in therory not sink, not for a long while.

Garry

[cstorey]

Just to make things clear about the BA 747-436, the emergency resulted from the necessary FL being unavaliable, and the routeing then being less than ideal. The AAIB report is quite an interesting read, and makes clear the philosophy behind multi-engine ops compared with that behind ETOPS

[Nigel H-J]

Last year on a flight to the Dominican Republic we suffered some of the most violent turbulence I have ever known. I watched as the Cabin crew went white!

Eddie, if the cabin crew went white.......Hate to think of what colour the pilots were left in!!!