Sadly another Airbus A320 Crash
24 March 2015, 02:05 PM
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for those interested, radar data below
Radar data suggest the aircraft had reached FL380 about 3minutes prior to leaving FL380 and descended from FL380 through FL110 in 8 minutes (average rate of descent 3375 fpm). The aircraft appeared to have levelled off at FL068 for one minute while on a northeasterly heading of 26 degrees true, mountains rise up to 8900 feet about 1nm north of the last reported aircraft position.
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24 March 2015, 03:06 PM
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Apparently distress call was sent, but i don't think the detail of that have been released.
24 March 2015, 03:18 PM
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^ no distress call from the aircraft, looks like the ATC raised the distress call when they lost contact with the aircraft.
A320 does have a good safety record, I'm more concerned about the whole control system used by all the Airbus aircraft.
PPRUNE is the place for the latest developments.
A320 does have a good safety record, I'm more concerned about the whole control system used by all the Airbus aircraft.
PPRUNE is the place for the latest developments.
24 March 2015, 03:18 PM
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AirCanada A320 near Calgary on Mar 19th 2015, both ECAM displays went blank
LingusA320 near Santiago de Compostela on Mar 17th 2015, first officer incapacitated
EasyjetA320 at Paphos on Jan 7th 2015, Alpha Floor Activation on approach
JetblueA320 at New York on Mar 17th 2015, smoke in cockpit
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TigerA320 near Adelaide on Mar 15th 2015, electrical odour in cabin
LufthansaA320 at Frankfurt on Mar 14th 2015, unsafe gear
BritishAirways A320 at London on Mar 12th 2015, engine shut down in flight
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BritishAirways A320 near London on Dec 18th 2014, fumes in cockpit and cabin
LANA320 at Cordoba on Mar 8th 2015, rejected takeoff due to instrument problems
FrontierA320 at Washington on Mar 8th 2015, bird strike
AegeanA320 near Split on Mar 6th 2015, turbulence injures 3
DeltaA320 at Managua on Mar 6th 2015, could not fully retract landing gear
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EdelweissA320 at Zurich on Mar 5th 2015, gear problem on departure
OnurA320 at Amsterdam on Mar 3rd 2015, rejected takeoff due to door indication
AirFrance A320 at Hamburg on Mar 28th 2012, ILS and flight director disagree andresult in Alpha Floor Activation
JetstarA320 at Sydney on Jul 28th 2014, departed with incorrect takeoff configuration
AustrianA320 at Bucharest on Feb 19th 2015, unsafe gear
EasyjetA319 near Manchester on Feb 17th 2015, smell of fumes
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AtrakA320 near Tehran on Feb 15th 2015, engine shut down in flight
CondorA320 near Lisbon on Jan 18th 2015, first officer incapacitated
LingusA320 at Dublin on Feb 12th 2015, smoke indication in cabin
LANA320 at Bucaramanga on Feb 7th 2015, cleared to land despite aircraft on runway
IndonesiaAsia A320 over Java Sea on Dec 28th 2014, aircraft lost height and impactedwaters
LufthansaA320 near Moscow on Nov 17th 2012, fumes on board
GermanwingsA320 near Lyon on Feb 2nd 2015, unusual odour on board
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FlynasA320 at Jeddah on Jan 26th 2015, dropped engine doors
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THYA320 at Istanbul on Jan 27th 2015, bird strike
RyanairB738 and Vueling A320 near Sevilla on Oct 30th 2014, near collision
EasyjetA320 near Amsterdam on Jan 25th 2015, smoke in cockpit
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24 March 2015, 03:38 PM
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I'm at a loss with the response by the French authorities. Been watching the live coverage and it's all footage of a lot of people milling about, lots of parked up helicopters and fire crews not actually doing anything. Why are they not flying to the crash site in a military helicopter even just to get initial rescue teams on the ground there? Why have they not got aerial reconnaissance over the site feeding back images? They have confirmed weather conditions are good so I really don't understand what the big delay is in actually getting to the site.
Typical, just updated their news page:
http://news.sky.com/story/1451536/no...ce-plane-crash
The live press conference didn't confirm this either so they were obviously keeping quiet until they knew what they found.
Typical, just updated their news page:
http://news.sky.com/story/1451536/no...ce-plane-crash
The live press conference didn't confirm this either so they were obviously keeping quiet until they knew what they found.
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24 March 2015, 07:10 PM
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I fly on the same make aircraft frequently to prague,last trip February was a bumpy one,plus a couple of bangs coming from underneath the floor,was sat couple seats back from the wing.
Its just not good when things like this do happen it rarely ends with survivors.
Its just not good when things like this do happen it rarely ends with survivors.
24 March 2015, 07:37 PM
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non of which come close to landing in Wellington NZ in some 30 seat poxy twin prop jobbie or my flying lesson landing in a Cesna Tomahawk, that WAS ******* scary, cross winded and it really didn't want to go down, never again will I get in a 2 seater match box with an engine.
24 March 2015, 08:40 PM
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Saying "another" Airbus is a bit silly. Considering the aircraft's age and its one of the two major commercial aircraft manufacturers: Statistically, its always going to be one or the other, isn't it?
We get Cessnas round here crashing on a monthly basis in the summer! Nobody reports about those, because they crash all the time.
And I could harp on about the 1000,s of 737s that were flying about with tail rudder prone to jamming...crashes caused by the fault led to them all eventually being retrofitted with modifed parts. Think the stats for the 737-200 was around 500,000 hours per crash: The A320 is over 10million hours per crash!!
And don't start me on McDonnell Douglas.....don't forget Boing 717 is a McDonnell Douglas in drag.
The only dodgy Airbus s the A310 which almost on par with the 727-200 (but the A310 still crashes half as much)!
We get Cessnas round here crashing on a monthly basis in the summer! Nobody reports about those, because they crash all the time.
And I could harp on about the 1000,s of 737s that were flying about with tail rudder prone to jamming...crashes caused by the fault led to them all eventually being retrofitted with modifed parts. Think the stats for the 737-200 was around 500,000 hours per crash: The A320 is over 10million hours per crash!!
And don't start me on McDonnell Douglas.....don't forget Boing 717 is a McDonnell Douglas in drag.
The only dodgy Airbus s the A310 which almost on par with the 727-200 (but the A310 still crashes half as much)!
24 March 2015, 09:08 PM
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went on a monarch a320 in september left palma on take off you could heara noise like a wheel bearing problem anyway approaching manchester we kept banking over the moors took ages then went down to land fire trucks waiting on the runway for us didnt thinkit would stop at the speed it hit the runway ive been on lots off flights and this scared me witless found out that monarch bought loads off planes off a polish airline
25 March 2015, 04:54 PM
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I fly a fair bit and had a couple of hairy ones recently too, most people on board crapping themselves, I was too busy laughing. non of which come close to landing in Wellington NZ in some 30 seat poxy twin prop jobbie or my flying lesson landing in a Cesna Tomahawk, that WAS ******* scary, cross winded and it really didn't want to go down, never again will I get in a 2 seater match box with an engine.
non of which come close to landing in Wellington NZ in some 30 seat poxy twin prop jobbie or my flying lesson landing in a Cesna Tomahawk, that WAS ******* scary, cross winded and it really didn't want to go down, never again will I get in a 2 seater match box with an engine.
25 March 2015, 04:59 PM
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went on a monarch a320 in september left palma on take off you could heara noise like a wheel bearing problem anyway approaching manchester we kept banking over the moors took ages then went down to land fire trucks waiting on the runway for us didnt thinkit would stop at the speed it hit the runway ive been on lots off flights and this scared me witless found out that monarch bought loads off planes off a polish airline
25 March 2015, 05:11 PM
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25 March 2015, 05:42 PM
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25 March 2015, 06:01 PM
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that fact that it was in a controlled decent suggest someone was at the controls
