allardjd 1,853 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 United flight to SFO diverted back to New Orleans http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/national_world&id=8051799 "A United flight, headed to the San Francisco International Airport, had to turn back to New Orleans because it had electrical problems." "It was touchy for a while and first when it landed, you knew it landed hard and then once you ran right off the runway and had this sudden stop. Then of course they were yelling at everybody to rush off the plane without any belongings, you didn't know if the plane was going to blow up or something. It was a rough descent." "...an audio recording between the tower and the pilot who says he's got troubles with his controls. About 5 1/2 minutes in, the pilot states, "Flight 497 we are declaring an emergency. And please roll equipment for our landing, please." A few minutes later, he states, "We've lost all our instruments right now." "...Airbus A-320 had to return to New Orleans minutes after it took off when the pilot smelled smoke in the cockpit. After touchdown, the nose wheel of the plane veered off the edge of the runway and 104 passengers were evacuated through emergency slides." What's above is the gist of it, but it's mostly a typically dopey and poorly written article that includes some silly quotes from pax, even one who is talking about a previous experience, not this one. It's all a little hard to follow in the first reading, but it's the kind of writing I've come to expect from mainstream media reporting of aviation events. It's what happens when the ill-informed attempt to dramatize what they don't understand. At least they avoided using the almost mandatory "nose dive" term in this one. They'll probably use it twice next time. John Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 They'll probably use it twice next time. ... or two times, perhaps?!? Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 What the?! - "It felt like it was hit by another plane. It was a big boom and it was knocked sideways," said Diane Hertz. What's this got to do with electrical probs? The article seems like a confusing mass of incidents Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 That quote is from a pax describing another event entirely and has no place in the article. John Link to post Share on other sites
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