Author Topic: Boeing 737 down in Sumatra (Read 638 times)

Staga · « **on:** September 05, 2005, 09:24:03 AM »

See Rule #5

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #1 on:** September 05, 2005, 10:34:35 AM »

737 safety record is droping as fast as my k/d in MA.

Nilsen · « **Reply #2 on:** September 05, 2005, 10:43:16 AM »

Can't blame Boeing for these low-cost carriers using old planes that prolly are not perfectly maintained.

Yeager · « **Reply #3 on:** September 05, 2005, 10:43:59 AM »

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what a worthless thing to say.

mora · « **Reply #4 on:** September 05, 2005, 12:13:14 PM »

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Originally posted by Nilsen
Can't blame Boeing for these low-cost carriers using old planes that prolly are not perfectly maintained.

Ditto.

Fishu · « **Reply #5 on:** September 05, 2005, 12:41:41 PM »

"If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going"

Anyways, it was just an another 737-200 down...
A load of those have been made and many of those have gone down.
However still no NG's, which is pretty good - surprisingly not even to human errors/interfere.

Hangtime · « **Reply #6 on:** September 05, 2005, 07:55:01 PM »

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Originally posted by Fishu
"If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going"

Damn straight. If I'm gonna risk my bellybutton commiting aviation, would prefer to do it in something made in america.

SuperDud · « **Reply #7 on:** September 05, 2005, 10:03:53 PM »

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Originally posted by Siaf__csf
737 safety record is droping as fast as my k/d in MA.

B17Skull12 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 05, 2005, 11:22:04 PM »

2nd in a couple of months. Wierd, since they almost never go down. But yes probably due to poor maintiance(SP).

CyranoAH · « **Reply #9 on:** September 06, 2005, 03:07:03 AM »

Slight hijack here, but there are just some things that wouldn't happen to a 737.

Friend of mine who works for Iberia as a new A320 pilot (just converted from the MD83 fleet) told me about this incident in Barcelona airport, funny stuff.

It was back when the first fully computerized Airbuses were flying for Iberia, and apparently the "laws" of the plane sometimes kicked in when you least expected it, aborting landings and stuff.

The conversation goes like this:

TWR: Iberia XXX, cleared to land RWY 25, winds calm
IB: cleared to land [..]

Just before touchdown, the engines rev up and go full power, climbing again

TWR: Uhh Iberia XXX, I understand you're aborting?
IB: Not me, the plane is

TWR: Err copy, Iberia. What are your intentions?
IB: I think it wants to go to the alternate, but I'll tell you for sure in a couple of minutes

Nilsen · « **Reply #10 on:** September 06, 2005, 03:08:34 AM »

ROFL

Staga · « **Reply #11 on:** September 06, 2005, 05:54:50 AM »

Dinger · « **Reply #12 on:** September 06, 2005, 06:15:16 AM »

Ah yes, the A300 thrust lever right next to the AP lever, same design. Throw the wrong lever, and the AP decides to GO AROUND. China Air flight into Nagoya tried to recover from the mistake and prosecute the landing. AP didn't let go so easily. RIP

Spooky · « **Reply #13 on:** September 06, 2005, 06:29:10 AM »

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Originally posted by Dinger
Throw the wrong lever, and the AP decides to GO AROUND.

push the stick forward and the AP "decides" to go nose down ?

to quote Chuck Yeager, it's the man not the machine .

pilots fly the planes, AP's have no mind of their own !

the lever is there because it's more ergonomic than panel controls, of course the PILOT has to learn his cockpit layout first, it's called proper training.

blaming the plane because it was not built in Seattle ? don't let your flag cover your eyes people!

Hangtime · « **Reply #14 on:** September 06, 2005, 07:10:44 AM »

I ain't. I'd just rather be buried an american casket than a european one.

call me old fashioned.