Yes a lot of redundancy and in the event of complete failure they have a small turbine that drops from the undercarriage to power vital systems...
That's an Airbus thing - Boeing don't have them.
Yes a lot of redundancy and in the event of complete failure they have a small turbine that drops from the undercarriage to power vital systems...
Except the 747-8, 757, 767, 777, and 787That's an Airbus thing - Boeing don't have them.
Its not only an Airbus thing. 757, 767, 777 and 787 all have them as do some 747s.That's an Airbus thing - Boeing don't have them.
Was on a Monarch flight in the early 2000s and the generators in the engines failed, had to do an emergency landing at Ciampino airport. Pilot was throwing the plane into the ground before we ran out of electricity. Pretty sure a Britannia plane ended up taking us home.
they have a small turbine that drops from the undercarriage to power vital systems.
Boeing planes do have Ram Air Turbines, although not all of them.That's an Airbus thing - Boeing don't have them.
Errr, you may be using it wrong matemy turbine never gets a spin![]()
You can actually see it on the flighttracker data, it goes from 37,000 to 31,000ft in a second.Although the media reporting the 6,000 ft drop as the cause is not correct. It didn’t drop 6,000 ft. It had already diverted to Bangkok and that was on descent. If it was 6,000 ft it would have shown people pinned to the roof and the pilot would have not likely kept control of the aircraft. It was probably 20-30 ft drop.
It didn't when I looked at FR24, it was several minutesYou can actually see it on the flighttracker data, it goes from 37,000 to 31,000ft in a second.
That was after it had turned for Bangkok so it wasn’t the turbulence. They would have lost control of the aircraft if it had descended that quickly. That was a normal descent rate.You can actually see it on the flighttracker data, it goes from 37,000 to 31,000ft in a second.
It really doesnt. The 6000ft descent occurs later and is clearly controlled. The media reporting of the incidient is shocking. As FR24 says 'Some media reports have erroneously reported the pilots’ initial descent toward Bangkok from 37,000 feet to 31,000 feet as the turbulence event. While the aircraft may have continued to experience turbulence during that descent, it was a standard descent to a new flight level controlled by altitude selection in the aircraft’s autopilot.'You can actually see it on the flighttracker data, it goes from 37,000 to 31,000ft in a second.
That's incorrect. Even flightrader have come out and said that the media reports are nonsense.You can actually see it on the flighttracker data, it goes from 37,000 to 31,000ft in a second.
This is really interesting. It looks like that sharp drop was around 150-200 ft.It really doesnt. The 6000ft descent occurs later and is clearly controlled. The media reporting of the incidient is shocking. As FR24 says 'Some media reports have erroneously reported the pilots’ initial descent toward Bangkok from 37,000 feet to 31,000 feet as the turbulence event. While the aircraft may have continued to experience turbulence during that descent, it was a standard descent to a new flight level controlled by altitude selection in the aircraft’s autopilot.'
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That's an Airbus thing - Boeing don't have them.
Except the 747-8, 757, 767, 777, and 787![]()
monumental turbulence that the whole cabin smelt of the brown stuff!
Thanks! I am happy to stand corrected!It really doesnt. The 6000ft descent occurs later and is clearly controlled. The media reporting of the incidient is shocking. As FR24 says 'Some media reports have erroneously reported the pilots’ initial descent toward Bangkok from 37,000 feet to 31,000 feet as the turbulence event. While the aircraft may have continued to experience turbulence during that descent, it was a standard descent to a new flight level controlled by altitude selection in the aircraft’s autopilot.'
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I've also been in a bus/coach when it crashed into the back of a van on the A2. I was pretty drunk and half asleep when it hit the van. I headbutted the seat in front of me but didnt really do me any damage. The windscreen of the bus was cracked everywhere and everyone else on the bus was fine.Claim to fame, I've been in a light bus crash
Basically went through the back of a van, other than the sound didn't notice much of a bump.