How wise is that? Shouldn't the pilot cut off TV coverage during an emergency?
The first time I experienced it I was sure the plane was going into the Pacific. I can only imagine what it would've been like throwing an open cargo door into the mix.
How many Airbus incidents have there been over the past few months?
ahh you have to pay for this service $5.00 per segment. I don't think many would do this.
They diverted a jet from Newport Beach?
That's where John Wayne is.
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POSTED: 1:24 pm MST December 27, 2005
UPDATED: 6:39 pm MST December 27, 2005
DENVER -- A Frontier Airlines plane headed to Denver Tuesday morning made an unscheduled landing in Los Angeles after an indicator light warning of an open cargo door flashed on, authorities said.
An emergency was never declared for Flight 263, but the plane burned fuel over the Pacific Ocean for about a half-hour as a precaution. Iit landed safely at LAX at about 1:50 p.m. Denver time.
This Frontier Airbus landed safely at LAX after a cargo door indicator light came on and diverted the plane from its path.
The indicator light, which was flashing intermittently, warns pilots that the cargo door is open but officials don't believe that was the case because if that was true, the cabin pressure would have been unstable and the passenger cabin would have experienced depressurization.
Officials believe the light or a sensor malfunctioned, but forced the plane to land anyway because they wanted to be sure. All other gauges were normal.
The Airbus A318, which had 119 people aboard, left John Wayne Airport in Orange County at 10:50 Pacific Time and was scheduled to land at Denver International Airport at 1:55 p.m. local time.
A Frontier spokesman said the pilot headed to the Los Angeles airport instead of returning to Orange County because Frontier has more maintenance crews at LAX.
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