Rebooting Your Airbus (After All The Screens Go Dark)

AV Web ^ | april 24, 2006 | Russ Niles

[Petronski]

It was a similar, but not interchangeable bracket which permitted chafing of the fuel line by the hydraulic lines.

The pilot left the crossover valve open even when faced with evidence that there might be fuel leakage.

[Petronski]

Are you claiming the photo you posted is of the same incident as described in the story at the top of the thread?

[Publius6961]

The glide ratio for the A320 seems to be 17.

So he had to have been at a minimum altitude of around 36,000 feet to have pulled it off (assuming everything the pilot did was 'perfect'...)

I think luck played a major role here.

[Fractal Trader]

aerospace ping

[nightdriver]

Like we say here in Washington State: "If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going!"

Uh, I hate to break it to you, but if you fly 757, 767, 777 or the new 787, you will be in an airplane that has the same issues. Remember that 757 that crashed somewhere in South America a few years ago because its hi-tech "glass cockpit" all went dark?

In these new all-electric airplanes, there is no direct connection between the pilot and the engine and pilot and flight control surfaces. It's as though someone thinks that the computer knows how to fly the airplane better than the pilot.

Hi-tech may be wonderful, but we used to have a saying at Boeing: "If it's electric, you can't trust it!"

'Course, that was in the olden days of the 747.

[ops33]

Aluminum showers.

[Squawk 8888]

The pilot left the crossover valve open even when faced with evidence that there might be fuel leakage.

That was the final nail in the coffin. They noticed an imbalance between the left & right wing tanks and followed the checklist item that called for turning on the crossover pump. They ended up pumping all the fuel through the broken line.

[skinkinthegrass]

Thank you for calling Airbus technical support. If your aircraft is plummeting to earth, press 1. If you need a replacement tail, press 2.

To hold, press 3.
Gives "holding" pattern, a whole new meaning. :^/

[Jim Noble]

Give me Boeing or I ain't going.

[Golden Eagle]

I'm claiming Airbus uses Linux on these planes, not Windows, as some were claiming. Why, are you claiming it was Windows, and not Linux? On a French jet?

[knews_hound]

Don't forget 'your call is very important to us' in there somewhere

Well, never forget they are French, it isn't like they REALLY care.

Cheers,

knewshound

Brew Your Own

[Theo]

Para espanol, oprima el dos....

[CarrotAndStick]

Ping!

[Petronski]

I have no idea what OS is used for navigation systems on an Airbus, but that photo is of a reboot of the entertainment system on an Air Algerie A330, and not the flight described in the story above. Source.

[knews_hound]

Entendre ces options est français, la pression trois

[dljordan]

"Are the backup analog instruments in the A320 really unlit? Or wass the instrument lighting circuit part of the affected power bus?"

That's why you carry TWO flashlights in your flight bag.

[Golden Eagle]

Apparently they are having trouble with Linux all over those planes (foreign source):

http://theinquirer.net/?article=28689

[dljordan]

"Nothing personal, friend, but I would not want my captain on a commercial flight having to do that..."

If you're flying in an Airbus you might not have a choice.

[dljordan]

"A nice reminder of why pilots are paid all that money."

Amen brother. I've got NO problem paying them handsomely. I've also never understood why people who own private planes spend more on their cars than on maintenance for their aircraft.

[Incorrigible]

Next time I'm flying in an Airbus, I'll let the Captain know on the way to my seat that I have a TomTomGo unit with me just in case he needs it!