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I wonder if the Airbus 380 will be able to pull that off (or will it simply pull out the white flag and retreat?)
Golly.
I wonder how many passengers were aware of this, and what they thought at the time.
That is a case where the government should be able to demand the plane to land. British Airways exposed themselves to major litigation!
Pilot, 45 minutes later: "Ladies and gentlemen, we've lost a second engine, and therefore must further reduce our speed. We'll arrive in London three hours late."
Pilot, 30 minutes later: "Ladies and gentlemen, I regret to inform you that we've lost a third engine, and will now be arriving five hours late."
Passenger to seatmate: "Good Lord -- if that fourth engine goes, we'll be up here all day."
flying over water, no less.
Ron White joke went something like this:
A passenger frantically asked..."How long will the remaining engines continue to run and keep us flying"?
Ron White replied "Right up to the point of impact."
This happened to an Airbus 320A I was on back in 1998. We had been in the air for about 1.5 hours from Boston to Chicago, when the engine blew. It was a loud muffled bang, like a firecracker in a barrel, followed by a huge spark shower much like a comet had attached itself to the wing. A passenger behind me yelled to the stewardess 'maam, there are flames coming out of the engine' (werent flames but sparks). She looked and ran into the cockpit. Came out 45 seconds later and said that they were ending this evenings audio broadcast (didn't want us hearing the tower communications I gather).
A few minutes later the pilot announced that we just had a 'normal engine failure' and would detour to Grand Rapids, MI. (Probably could have made it to ORD but would have had as a procedure to shut down the runway, and that would be big bucks in ORD.) It was a long landing as they could not reverse the remaining engine and cause a spin, but instead had to use only the brakes. Had firetrucks waiting on the ground and a camera crew, but nothing happened. At least I got a few dates out of it from a fellow passenger I met while waiting for our continuing flight.
I was deeply disappointed with UA's treatment of us once we were on the ground but that is a different story.
The story behind the story. While this event is old news it is pretty interesting.
http://www.atca.org/singlenews.asp?item_ID=2478&comm=0
a testimonial to the increadible robustness of the 747 design and to the pig headed stupidity of the socialist decider-bureaucrats who run BA
Can you say one dead pilot, if we landed safetly. I can become a Jihadi if you mess with my safety.
It was his choice. After all it is the pilot that is always the first one on the scene of an airplane crash.
Elliot Brann, the LAX controller who was handling the plane as it roared down the runway at 8:45 p.m., said flames began shooting from the engine when the aircraft was about three-quarters of the way into its takeoff roll. When it was just past the shoreline, a huge ball of bright orange flame erupted from the engine.Surprise; combustion taking place external to the enghine rather than internal where it should be when internal problems erupt ...
To controllers' surprise, the pilots checked with their company and then flew on, hoping to "get as far as we can," as the captain told the control tower.Pilot pulling controller's leg ...
(Was this a green controller?)
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When you lose an engine on the A380 a cockpit lamp illuminates saying that the Zionists did it.
Hot Shot pilots have their place, but it's not at the controls of a passenger Jet.